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Miss Wandelt has now finished giving evidence and court proceedings have drawn to a close for the day.

Here's a recap of what happened on Thursday afternoon:

• The jury was told Miss Wandelt's co-accused, Mrs Spragg, will not give evidence in her defence
• Miss Wandelt said she was persuaded by a friend not to travel to the McCanns' home earlier this year
• The defendant burst into tears when told there is "no scientific evidence" linking her to the McCanns at all
• The court heard Miss Wandelt used ChatGPT for research into DNA
• She told the court again of having "memories" of being inside the McCanns' home as a child
• Miss Wandelt said she was "trying to find out who I am"

The judge, Mrs Justice Cutts, has dismissed the jury for the week.

Jury members will return to Leicester Crown Court on Monday.

The jury has just been told co-accused, Karen Spragg, will not be called to the stand to give evidence.

While it's a defendant's right to testify, they are not legally required to do so, external.

The law states a defendant has the right to remain silent throughout the legal proceedings, and this includes their right not to give evidence at their own trial.

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We are back, and Julia Wandelt has been stood down from the witness box. She will face no further questions.

The court has taken a quick break.

The prosecution has finished cross-examining Miss Wandelt.

Mr Duck KC asked if Miss Wandelt was only persuaded not to go back to the McCanns' in February of this year as a result of input by Mr Dempster - who the defendant previously described as a friend who offered £10,000 to the McCann investigation to fund DNA tests with her.

Miss Wandelt agreed and added: "I also did not see the point... [Kate] did not speak to me.

"If I wanted to [go] back, I would have already made [arrangements with Karen]. But I didn't."

There has been an outburst from Miss Wandelt in the witness box, who again turned away from the prosecutor and began to cry.

She was reacting a question from Mr Duck KC, which said: "There is absolutely no scientific evidence to connect you with the McCann family is there?"

In a raised voice, Miss Wandelt responded: "You're saying that they are but I don't care any more. If people say I'm not. I'm OK with it.

"I am absolutely exhausted with it. I just want to know who I am."

Mr Duck KC then said: "The evidence has exposed what you are doing."

In response, the defendant said: "I do believe I am her. I remember them.

"But I am just exhausted. I am willing to say I agree with this because I am exhausted."

We heard earlier about a number of texts, calls and voicemails from Miss Wandelt to Madeleine's mother.

Kate McCann did not respond to any of the defendant's attempts to contact her.

Miss Wandelt told the jury: "If my memories are wrong, why did Kate McCann hide more contact she had with me when I explained my memories? She didn't tell it in court.

"If I'm wrong, why did she hide the fact most of the voicemails were about my memories?

"If I'm wrong, why did she hide this part? Why did she hide this or some information that is relevant?"

The prosecutor asked if she was suggesting Mrs McCann withheld information from the jury or the investigation.

Miss Wandelt replied: "Both."

Mr Duck KC has been scrutinising Miss Wandelt's use of ChatGPT to compare her DNA with samples from the McCann case.

Miss Wandelt later said: "I knew I had to treat anything with reservations."

She added: "It is not a DNA expert."

Mr Duck KC has asked about the DNA samples.

"Let's agree for a moment I am not Madeleine, and Kate and Gerry's samples are correct," Miss Wandelt said.

She added, assuming that is true, she can also assume her "memories were and are genuine" but "with the wrong people".

She asked Mr Duck KC why she would "remember the glass doors" inside the McCann home.

Mr Duck KC said: "Do they appear on footage [available on YouTube] from inside the house?"

Miss Wandelt replied: "Yes, but this was after I had the memory. I'm just trying to find out who I am... I remember this."

Proceedings have got under way again following a break for lunch.

Mr Duck KC is back on his feet to continue his cross-examination of Miss Wandelt, who has returned to the witness box.

The prosecutor's line of questioning has returned to the topic of DNA.

The court previously heard the co-accused turned up outside the McCanns' home and "accosted" them on 7 December last year.

Mrs McCann arrived home first, and Miss Wandelt tried to stop her entering the property, the prosecution said.

Inside, she called her husband while the defendants "continued to bang on the front door".

When Mr McCann arrived, the court heard they tried to force a letter into his hand and police were called.

Mr Duck KC said: "It was the plainest of intrusions and the fear it caused was inevitable."

In court this morning, Miss Wandelt denied their visit was intimidating and said they "didn't want to cause any harm".

Opening the prosecution's case earlier this month, Mr Duck KC said Miss Wandelt made arrangements to visit the UK to approach the McCanns at the annual vigil in Rothley, Leicestershire, on 3 May 2024 - held to mark the disappearance of Madeleine in Portugal on the same day in 2007.

He said it would have been "the last approach any parent would have wanted in the circumstances", but by chance the couple were away.

The court previously heard Miss Wandelt approached relatives and the village priest, passing a letter to Mrs McCann's aunt.

The following day, she left a handwritten note on the family's doorstep asking for a DNA test, the jury was told.

Proceedings have paused for lunch.

We're expecting the cross-examination of Miss Wandelt to continue this afternoon.

Until then, here's a reminder of what we have heard in court today so far:

• Miss Wandelt denied ignoring a police request to keep away from McCanns after she visited their home village
• She claimed she "saw the McCanns" in Rothley for a vigil to mark Madeleine's disappearance, despite the jury being told the family were on holiday
• Miss Wandelt told the court she "regrets" saying in a voicemail that Mrs McCann had "no intention of finding Madeleine"
• The court heard the defendant thought Mrs McCann "was not allowed to speak to her", rather than ignoring her attempts to make contact
• There was a break in proceedings after Miss Wandelt cried and asked: "Why am I standing here? I did nothing wrong"
• The jury was told the defendant wanted to go to family court to ask for an official DNA test
• Miss Wandelt repeatedly denied altering images to make her look like Madeleine McCann
• The court heard of a message the defendant sent claiming to have memories of Mrs McCann's necklace

Mr Duck KC asked why Miss Wandelt continued to knock on the McCanns' door when they went inside their home.

Miss Wandelt said she wanted Mrs McCann to have her DNA report.

The prosecutor said: "The one thing that's blindingly obvious is that your profile and Madeleine McCann's did not match."

In response, Miss Wandelt questioned if the profile was Madeleine's, as it was “from three people".

Mr Duck KC asked: "Do you accept that by simply looking at the profile, it has nothing to do with you?"

Miss Wandelt replied: "Assuming this does belong to Madeleine, yes."

Mr Duck KC said: "Assuming Madeleine's DNA profile to be hers, we know yours is yours. They are miles away from matching up."

In response, Miss Wandelt said: "Yes."

Mr Duck KC has turned to a recording Miss Wandelt made of the visit to the McCanns' home on 7 December 2024.

Miss Wandelt confirmed she shared it on Instagram and TikTok.

Mr Duck KC said: "The publication of Kate [McCann] being obviously distressed and shouted at on her own drive - do you think Kate found that distressing?"

Miss Wandelt said: "I'm not sure. I don't know. I wanted to be transparent.

"I regret publishing this. I don't know if publication of the recording was distressing."

Mr Duck KC asked Miss Wandelt about Mrs Spragg on the evening they visited the McCanns' home.

He said: "Was Spragg becoming a little bit aggressive?"

Miss Wandelt said: "Well, I would say that her emotions became too big.

"Verbally, yes. She seemed to be [aggressive]. It was because of the emotions and she wanted to help me."

Asked if she was concerned about the way Mrs Spragg was behaving, Miss Wandelt said: "I didn't think that was the right thing to do."

Mr Duck KC has turned to a message co-accused Mrs Spragg sent to Miss Wandelt, which the prosecution say shows the pair were planning to confront the McCanns at their home.

The court has previously heard the pair attended the address on 7 December 2024.

The message, read out to jury, said: "We have to make a stand. We're not leaving until this gets looked at."

Mr Duck KC said: "This visit was being planned from some time. And you both knew you'd been warned off coming to Leicester."

Miss Wandelt repeated her doubts over the warning from the police.

"Karen knew about it and you discussed it. We can see from the messages she drafted. She chose to come with you," Mr Duck KC added.

Miss Wandelt replied: "Because she wanted to help."

The prosecutor asked why they went to the address. Miss Wandelt replied that Mrs Spragg is a "friend of mine and a supporter".

Mr Duck KC asked if two people were more intimidating than one. In response, Miss Wandelt said it "depends on the context".

"The context is you standing on their drive asking them to do something they don't want to do," Mr Duck KC said.

"Do you agree two people in those circumstances is more intimidating than one?"

Miss Wandelt replied: "No, we didn't want to cause any harm."

The prosecutor continued with the line of questioning on when officers from Leicestershire Police spoke to Miss Wandelt after the visit.

He said: "You knew you were being instructed/requested to keep away from the McCanns, you ignored that and you carried on."

Miss Wandelt replied: "That's not the reality. The reality is, I want to know who I am. I was treated disrespectfully by the police."

Mr Duck KC added: "Mrs Spragg knew about your conversation with the police?"

"Everyone knew," she said.