Letter signed ‘lots of love, Madeleine’ sent to Kate and Gerry McCann after accused stalker turned up at their home

It was posted through the door of Madeleine McCann’s parents’ home the day after two women accused of stalking them attended the property

A letter signed “Madeleine X” was posted through the door of Madeleine McCann’s parents’ home the day after two women accused of stalking them attended the property, a court has heard.

Leicester Crown Court heard that Karen Spragg, 61, from Caerau Court Road in Caerau, Cardiff, and 24-year-old Julia Wandelt, from Lubin in south-west Poland, who claims to be Madeleine, the little girl who vanished from her bed in a holiday apartment in Prai da Luz, Portugal, aged 3, in 2007, visited the McCanns’ home in Leicestershire on December 7 last year.

The next day, a letter was posted through the door. You can read our latest coverage of the trial here.

Here is the full text of the letter:

“Dear Mum (Kate),

“I’m so sorry for causing you so much distress, but when I saw you yesterday, my emotions were so strong.

“I felt a close connection to you.

“I don’t like to see you being upset.

“All I want is to find out the truth. I have memories and I have gathered a lot of evidences supporting my case.

“I think that inside your heart you believe and know who I am and I am your daughter.

“I don’t understand why you don’t want to do a DNA test with me.

“I think you are scared, but whatever makes you scared, just remember that you are stronger than that.

“Yesterday, I heard a lot of care and love in your voice.

“I believe and I hope that you will find a way to contact me.

“Lots of love,

“Madeleine X”

Both Spragg and Wandelt deny stalking causing serious alarm and distress to Kate and Gerry McCann between June, 2022, and February this year. The trial continues

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