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A Polish woman has been convicted of harassing the family of missing British girl Madeleine McCann for more than two years, but was cleared of a more serious charge of stalking them.

Julia Wandelt falsely claimed to be Madeleine, who disappeared in May 2007, nine days short of her fourth birthday, while on holiday with her family in Portugal’s Algarve region.

Prosecutors told jurors at Leicester Crown Court that there was “unequivocal scientific evidence” Wandelt had no familial link to the McCanns, which prompted her to sob in the dock.

Kate McCann and Gerry McCann sitting together talking

Kate McCann gave evidence last month saying that Julia Wandelt made her feel distressed and “invaded”. (AFP: Joe Giddens )

Wandelt, 24, was charged with stalking Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry, including through emails, messages and phone calls, from June 2022 until her arrest in February.

She and Karen Spragg, 61, who prosecutors said supported Wandelt’s claims, were both acquitted by a jury of stalking the McCanns.

Wandelt was convicted of harassment, which carries a maximum six-month sentence and she is expected to be released when she is sentenced later on Friday given time already spent in custody.

McCanns tell jurors of their distress

Kate McCann gave evidence last month saying that Wandelt made her feel distressed and “invaded” by approaching her at her house and claiming to be her daughter in December 2024.

She also said Wandelt sent a letter the following day addressed to “mum”, which Kate McCann said she found “really distressing”.

A little girl with a blonde bob

Madeleine McCann went missing on May 3, 2007, while on holiday with her family in Portugal. (AP: McCann family)

Wandelt appeared to wipe away tears during parts of Kate McCann’s evidence and wailed loudly in the dock at the end of the prosecution’s questions.

Gerry McCann and Madeleine’s younger sister Amelie also gave evidence about the impact on them of Wandelt’s attempts to contact them.

Mother of missing Maddie McCann tells court of fear of alleged stalker

Kate McCann and Gerry McCann sitting together talking

The mother of Madeleine McCann says a woman accused of stalking her for over two years made her feel distressed by claiming to be her daughter. Madeleine went missing in 2007, aged three.

Wandelt, however, told jurors that she never meant to cause any harm to the McCanns and simply wanted to find out if she might be their missing daughter.

“I even have sympathy for them … because they look for their child and I look for my parents,” she said.

Madeleine’s parents continue to campaign to find their daughter, who would now be 22, and issue a statement each year on the anniversary of the day she went missing.

The main suspect in her disappearance was released from a German prison in September after serving a seven-year sentence for an unrelated sex crime.

I begged my landlord for mercy… and accidentally sent the message to a billionaire CEO. The next reply changed my life — and took me to Dubai as his “fiancée.” I hadn’t eaten in two days. My rent was overdue. My cupboard was empty. Even the salt was gone. So I did what pride-hungry people eventually do — I typed a desperate message. Please don’t throw me out. I’m still job hunting. I promise I’ll pay. God will bless you. I hit send. Then I looked at the number. It wasn’t my landlord. It was a stranger. I almost died of shame. Across the city, Damalair Adabio — billionaire, CEO, allergic to nonsense — stepped out of his marble bathroom and opened my message.
I begged my landlord for mercy… and accidentally sent the message to a billionaire CEO. The next reply changed my life — and took me to Dubai as his “fiancée.” I hadn’t eaten in two days. My rent was overdue. My cupboard was empty. Even the salt was gone. So I did what pride-hungry people eventually do — I typed a desperate message. Please don’t throw me out. I’m still job hunting. I promise I’ll pay. God will bless you. I hit send. Then I looked at the number. It wasn’t my landlord. It was a stranger. I almost died of shame. Across the city, Damalair Adabio — billionaire, CEO, allergic to nonsense — stepped out of his marble bathroom and opened my message.

CEO hired a girl to be his fake fiancee—a shared night together & unexpected happened in Dubai TripOuchi’s…

She texted her landlord begging not to be thrown out… and accidentally sent it to a billionaire CEO instead. Minutes later, he offered her $7 MILLION to be his fake fiancée on a Dubai trip — and what happened that night changed everything. Ouchi hadn’t eaten since yesterday. She stood barefoot in her tiny one-room apartment, holding an empty pot like proof that life had officially humbled her. No rice. No beans. No noodles. Even the salt had “relocated.” Then her landlord called. Final warning. Pay this week — or get out. Desperate, fighting tears, she typed a long message begging for more time. She poured in everything — her degree, her job search, her faith, her pride. She hit send. And froze. Wrong number. Not her landlord. A complete stranger. She had just begged someone she didn’t know for mercy. Across the city, billionaire CEO Damalair Adabio stepped out of a marble bathroom into a home that screamed wealth. Betrayed by his PA. Pressured by investors. Invited to a high-stakes Dubai business summit where every powerful man would show up with a stunning partner on his arm. His phone buzzed. He read her message once. Then again. It wasn’t manipulation. It wasn’t a scam pitch. It was raw. Embarrassingly real. “Wrong number,” he muttered… then paused. “Or maybe perfect timing.”
She texted her landlord begging not to be thrown out… and accidentally sent it to a billionaire CEO instead. Minutes later, he offered her $7 MILLION to be his fake fiancée on a Dubai trip — and what happened that night changed everything. Ouchi hadn’t eaten since yesterday. She stood barefoot in her tiny one-room apartment, holding an empty pot like proof that life had officially humbled her. No rice. No beans. No noodles. Even the salt had “relocated.” Then her landlord called. Final warning. Pay this week — or get out. Desperate, fighting tears, she typed a long message begging for more time. She poured in everything — her degree, her job search, her faith, her pride. She hit send. And froze. Wrong number. Not her landlord. A complete stranger. She had just begged someone she didn’t know for mercy. Across the city, billionaire CEO Damalair Adabio stepped out of a marble bathroom into a home that screamed wealth. Betrayed by his PA. Pressured by investors. Invited to a high-stakes Dubai business summit where every powerful man would show up with a stunning partner on his arm. His phone buzzed. He read her message once. Then again. It wasn’t manipulation. It wasn’t a scam pitch. It was raw. Embarrassingly real. “Wrong number,” he muttered… then paused. “Or maybe perfect timing.”

CEO hired a girl to be his fake fiancee—a shared night together & unexpected happened in Dubai TripOuchi’s…

The avalanche hit without warning — white, violent, unstoppable. When it settled, rifles were missing. Packs were gone. And Claire was nowhere to be found. They dug. They found scraps of her gear. Then their team leader made the call no one wants to make: “She’s dead. We move.” They pulled out with wounded men and a storm closing in — leaving their medic behind. But Claire wasn’t dead. She woke up buried in ice, shoulder shattered, air running out. No radio. No weapon. Just darkness and pressure and the memory of one rule from survival school: panic kills faster than cold. She dug with numb hands until she broke through into a full Arctic storm. And that’s when she heard it. Gunfire. Her Rangers were still out there — taking contact, without their medic. What she did next is the part they don’t put in the official report. Because hours later, through the whiteout, a single figure emerged from the storm… Carrying four Rangers.
The avalanche hit without warning — white, violent, unstoppable. When it settled, rifles were missing. Packs were gone. And Claire was nowhere to be found. They dug. They found scraps of her gear. Then their team leader made the call no one wants to make: “She’s dead. We move.” They pulled out with wounded men and a storm closing in — leaving their medic behind. But Claire wasn’t dead. She woke up buried in ice, shoulder shattered, air running out. No radio. No weapon. Just darkness and pressure and the memory of one rule from survival school: panic kills faster than cold. She dug with numb hands until she broke through into a full Arctic storm. And that’s when she heard it. Gunfire. Her Rangers were still out there — taking contact, without their medic. What she did next is the part they don’t put in the official report. Because hours later, through the whiteout, a single figure emerged from the storm… Carrying four Rangers.

“She’s Dead!” They Abandoned The SEAL Sniper — Then She Emerged Carrying 4 Rangers The rotor wash died,…

“She’s dead.” They left the SEAL sniper under ten feet of Alaskan snow and moved on with the mission… Hours later, in the middle of a whiteout, she walked back into the fight — carrying four Rangers on her shoulders. November 2018. A Ranger platoon out of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson lifted into the Brooks Range for a hostage rescue that had to be finished before a blizzard locked the mountains down for days. Attached to them? A Navy medic — Hospital Corpsman First Class Claire Maddox. Quiet. Compact. Instantly underestimated. Some Rangers glanced at her PT scores and made up their minds. The team leader, Staff Sergeant Tyler Kane, kept it professional but distant. “Stay close. Don’t slow us down.” Claire didn’t argue. She checked radios. Tourniquets. Chest seals. IV warmers. Cold-weather meds. She studied wind angles and ridgelines the way other people read street signs. Insertion was clean. The mountain wasn’t. They moved across a knife-edge locals called Devil’s Spine when visibility collapsed into gray static. Then came the sound no one forgets — a deep, hollow crack above them.
“She’s dead.” They left the SEAL sniper under ten feet of Alaskan snow and moved on with the mission… Hours later, in the middle of a whiteout, she walked back into the fight — carrying four Rangers on her shoulders. November 2018. A Ranger platoon out of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson lifted into the Brooks Range for a hostage rescue that had to be finished before a blizzard locked the mountains down for days. Attached to them? A Navy medic — Hospital Corpsman First Class Claire Maddox. Quiet. Compact. Instantly underestimated. Some Rangers glanced at her PT scores and made up their minds. The team leader, Staff Sergeant Tyler Kane, kept it professional but distant. “Stay close. Don’t slow us down.” Claire didn’t argue. She checked radios. Tourniquets. Chest seals. IV warmers. Cold-weather meds. She studied wind angles and ridgelines the way other people read street signs. Insertion was clean. The mountain wasn’t. They moved across a knife-edge locals called Devil’s Spine when visibility collapsed into gray static. Then came the sound no one forgets — a deep, hollow crack above them.

“She’s Dead!” They Abandoned The SEAL Sniper — Then She Emerged Carrying 4 Rangers The rotor wash died,…

Naval Station Norfolk was silent except for the click of metal around Lieutenant Kara Wynn’s wrists. The charge? Abandoning her overwatch position during an operation near Kandahar. Prosecutors claimed she “froze.” That because she didn’t fire, three Marines died. The headlines were already brutal: Female SEAL cracks under pressure. In dress whites, Kara didn’t flinch when they called her a coward. Didn’t react when they hinted her record was exaggerated. She just sat there, posture perfect, as the bailiff locked the cuffs. “Standard procedure,” the judge said. The prosecutor smirked. Then the courtroom doors opened. Not a clerk. Not a late observer. A four-star admiral.
Naval Station Norfolk was silent except for the click of metal around Lieutenant Kara Wynn’s wrists. The charge? Abandoning her overwatch position during an operation near Kandahar. Prosecutors claimed she “froze.” That because she didn’t fire, three Marines died. The headlines were already brutal: Female SEAL cracks under pressure. In dress whites, Kara didn’t flinch when they called her a coward. Didn’t react when they hinted her record was exaggerated. She just sat there, posture perfect, as the bailiff locked the cuffs. “Standard procedure,” the judge said. The prosecutor smirked. Then the courtroom doors opened. Not a clerk. Not a late observer. A four-star admiral.

“TAKE THOSE CUFFS OFF—RIGHT NOW.” They Handcuffed a Female SEAL Sniper in Court—Then a Four-Star Admiral Walked In…

🚨 They sIapped cuffs on a female SEAL sniper in open court — called her a coward, blamed her for three dead Marines… and thought it was over. Then a four-star admiral walked in, took one look at the chains on her wrists, and the entire courtroom stopped breathing. At Naval Station Norfolk, the air inside the courtroom felt colder than the wind off the harbor. Fluorescent lights hummed over polished wood as Lieutenant Kara Wynn, 28, sat in dress whites at the defense table — posture flawless, face unreadable, hands pressed flat like even a tremor would betray her. Across the aisle, the prosecutor didn’t hold back. He said she abandoned her overwatch near Kandahar. He said she froze. He said three Marines died because she failed to pull the trigger. The gallery murmured. Families stared. Journalists scribbled. The headline had already been written: Female SEAL cracks under fire. They called her a fraud. Said her record was padded. Said the Navy needed to “send a message.” Kara didn’t flinch. Until the bailiff stepped forward with metal cuffs. Her attorney objected — no flight risk, base-restricted, decorated operator. The judge didn’t hesitate. “Standard procedure.” The click of steel around her wrists echoed louder than the accusations. Cameras zoomed in. Someone in the back whispered, “So much for elite.” And then— The courtroom doors opened. Not casually. Not quietly. Deliberately. Every officer in the room straightened at once. An older man in full dress uniform entered, chest heavy with ribbons that silenced the room faster than a gavel ever could. Conversations died mid-breath. Even the judge shifted. Because this wasn’t an observer. It was a four-star admiral. And he wasn’t looking at the prosecutor. He wasn’t looking at the press. He was staring directly at the cuffs on Kara Wynn’s wrists like they were a personal insult. He stopped beside her table. The air felt electric. And in a calm, controlled voice that carried to the back row, he said: “Remove those cuffs. Right now.” Why would a four-star risk his career to interrupt an active court-martial — and what evidence did he bring that could flip the entire case upside down? 👇 Part 2 in the comments.
🚨 They sIapped cuffs on a female SEAL sniper in open court — called her a coward, blamed her for three dead Marines… and thought it was over. Then a four-star admiral walked in, took one look at the chains on her wrists, and the entire courtroom stopped breathing. At Naval Station Norfolk, the air inside the courtroom felt colder than the wind off the harbor. Fluorescent lights hummed over polished wood as Lieutenant Kara Wynn, 28, sat in dress whites at the defense table — posture flawless, face unreadable, hands pressed flat like even a tremor would betray her. Across the aisle, the prosecutor didn’t hold back. He said she abandoned her overwatch near Kandahar. He said she froze. He said three Marines died because she failed to pull the trigger. The gallery murmured. Families stared. Journalists scribbled. The headline had already been written: Female SEAL cracks under fire. They called her a fraud. Said her record was padded. Said the Navy needed to “send a message.” Kara didn’t flinch. Until the bailiff stepped forward with metal cuffs. Her attorney objected — no flight risk, base-restricted, decorated operator. The judge didn’t hesitate. “Standard procedure.” The click of steel around her wrists echoed louder than the accusations. Cameras zoomed in. Someone in the back whispered, “So much for elite.” And then— The courtroom doors opened. Not casually. Not quietly. Deliberately. Every officer in the room straightened at once. An older man in full dress uniform entered, chest heavy with ribbons that silenced the room faster than a gavel ever could. Conversations died mid-breath. Even the judge shifted. Because this wasn’t an observer. It was a four-star admiral. And he wasn’t looking at the prosecutor. He wasn’t looking at the press. He was staring directly at the cuffs on Kara Wynn’s wrists like they were a personal insult. He stopped beside her table. The air felt electric. And in a calm, controlled voice that carried to the back row, he said: “Remove those cuffs. Right now.” Why would a four-star risk his career to interrupt an active court-martial — and what evidence did he bring that could flip the entire case upside down? 👇 Part 2 in the comments.

“TAKE THOSE CUFFS OFF—RIGHT NOW.” They Handcuffed a Female SEAL Sniper in Court—Then a Four-Star Admiral Walked In…