A second woman has been charged with stalking Madeleine McCann’s family after Kate and Gerry McCann were understood to have been “bombarded with calls, voicemails and WhatsApp messages”.
Karen Spragg, 60, from Caerau, Cardiff, has been charged with one count of stalking that caused serious alarm or distress between May 3, 2024, and February 21, 2025, according to Leicestershire Police.
She is scheduled to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Julia Wandel, 23, is also due to appear on the same day at Leicester Crown Court, charged with four counts of stalking.
Wandel has repeatedly claimed to be Madeleine McCann
BBC/PAWandel, of Lubin, Poland, who has repeatedly claimed to be Madeleine McCann, is accused of stalking the McCann family between January 3, 2024 and February 15, 2025.
She allegedly made unwanted contact with the family and turned up at their home twice last year.
She is also accused of sending messages to Madeleine's siblings Amelie and Sean on Instagram, and sending a letter, calls, voicemails and Whatsapps to her parents.
Leicester Magistrates’ Court had previously heard that the 23-year-old turned up at the family home on May 2 and December 7, 2024.
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Kate and Gerry were not present, and Wandel allegedly delivered a letter to the address.
The court also heard the defendant sent the siblings messages between January 3 and December 29, 2024.
Wandel sparked global intrigue when she claimed to be missing Maddie after posting on an Instagram account called “IAmMadeleineMcCann.
She appeared on the US talk show Dr Phil to discuss why she believes there to be a possibility she is Madeleine.
Madeleine Mccann vanished from her hotel room in May 2007, and her disappearance remains one of the world’s biggest missing person investigations
GETTYWandel also claims to have submitted DNA test results to a 'world expert,' who compared them to evidence from the crime scene after Madeleine's disappearance.
She has asserted that experts have linked her eyes, teeth, and voice to those of the missing child.
In several Instagram posts, Wandel has claimed that her “source” believes the genetic evidence "strongly supports" her claims.
Madeleine Mccann vanished from her hotel room in May 2007, and her disappearance remains one of the world’s biggest missing person investigations.