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Alleged Stalker ‘Sent Disturbing Messages to Close Friends of the McCanns’
Julia Wandelt allegedly targeted close friends of Madeleine McCann's family with messages suggesting DNA tests to clear names, court heard during stalking trial.
- On Wednesday, the court heard Julia Wandelt sent disturbing messages and calls last year to David Payne and Fiona Payne, two friends from the Tapas Seven.
- Prosecutors say Julia Wandelt, 24, promoted being Madeleine and asked for DNA testing to clear the Tapas Seven between June 2022 and February this year.
- Mr Payne told the jury he was "surprised and concerned" that Wandelt had unpublished family photographs, and on Christmas Eve last year she sent him a message with a snowflake emoji.
- Wandelt was arrested at Bristol Airport in February this year and DNA testing proved she was not Madeleine McCann; both defendants deny one count of stalking.
- Despite leads being logged, Operation Grange received twelve leads about women including Wandelt, three were progressed and none proved to be Madeleine, while David and Fiona Payne’s daughter remains adversely impacted by Maddie’s disappearance 20 years ago.
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