Woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann’s family denied bail
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A 23-year-old Polish woman accused of stalking the family of Madeleine McCann has been refused bail by a Crown Court judge.
Julia Wandel made an unsuccessful 15-minute bail application at Leicester Crown Court on her behalf on Friday.
She is accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann alongside their two children between January 3 2024 and February 15 2025.
She is also alleged to have attended the family home in Leicestershire on May 2 and December 7 last year, as well as sending a letter, calls, voicemails and WhatsApp messages to Kate and Gerry McCann.
Judge Timothy Spencer KC ruled that no details from the bail application can be reported, ahead of a plea and trial preparation hearing listed to take place at the same court on April 22.
Wandel, from Lubin in south-west Poland, did not attend the hearing in person, but is understood to have followed the proceedings via a prison video-link.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old woman is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged as part of an investigation into the alleged stalking of the McCann family.
Karen Spragg, of Caerau, Cardiff, has been charged with one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress between May 3 2024 and February 21 this year, Leicestershire Police said.
Madeleine McCann’s disappearance at the age of three from Praia da Luz in Portugal’s Algarve when her family was on holiday in 2007 remains unsolved.
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