Julia Wandelt has been found guilty of harassing Madeleine McCann’s parents, but not guilty of stalking them.

Polish national Julia Wandelt, 24, and 61-year-old Karen Spragg, from Cardiff, both denied stalking the parents of missing Madeleine McCann by sending emails, leaving voicemails and turning up at their home between June 2022 and February this year.

The jury unanimously decided Wandelt was not guilty of stalking, but guilty of harassment and Spragg was found not guilty of stalking or harassment.

Wandelt and Spragg held hands in the dock before the verdicts were handed down, after the jury deliberated for more than seven hours.

Wandelt, who sat beside Spragg in the dock, gasped at the verdicts, while Spragg cried.

The Polish national, from Lubin, Poland, claimed to be missing Br

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