Gerry McCann told family's alleged stalker 'you are not Madeleine'

Summary

A trial of two women accused of stalking the family of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in 2007, is continuing at Leicester Crown Court
Julia Wandelt, 24, from Lubin in south-west Poland, and Karen Spragg, 61, of Caerau, Cardiff, both deny a charge of stalking
Madeleine's father Gerry McCann has started giving evidence
He said he told his family's alleged stalker "you are not Madeleine"
Kate McCann, Madeleine's mother, gave evidence earlier on Wednesday from behind a screen
She said Miss Wandelt contacting her daughter Amelie was "the final straw", prompting her to call the police
Mrs McCann then recalled her fright at the two alleged stalkers turning up outside her home, the court heard
Madeleine McCann's disappearance at the age of three, during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007, is one of the most widely reported missing child cases and remains unsolved

Live Reporting

Edited by Alex Smith

When did Madeleine McCann disappear?published at 10:25 BST 8 October
George Torr
BBC News, East Midlands

The three-year-old was on holiday with her family in Portugal when she disappeared on 3 May 2007.
She vanished from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, sparking a Europe-wide investigation that has become one of the highest-profile missing persons cases.
Madeleine's parents had been dining with friends at a restaurant a short walk away, while their daughter and her younger twin siblings were asleep in the ground-floor apartment.
They had checked in on the children periodically until her mother, Kate, discovered she was missing at about 22:00 local time.
The case remains unsolved.
Image source, PA Media
Defendants take their seatspublished at 10:21 BST 8 October
Isaac Ashe
BBC News, East Midlands

Julia Wandelt is sitting next to a court security officer on the front row of the dock, Karen Spragg is on the back row.
Welcome to our live updatespublished at 10:18 BST 8 October
Alex Smith
BBC News Online

Good morning - we are reporting live from Leicester Crown Court as the trial of Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg continues.
The pair each deny a count of stalking causing serious alarm and distress to Kate and Gerry McCann - the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann - between June 2022 and February this year.
The prosecution opened its case against Miss Wandelt, of Jana Kochanowskiego in Lubin, Poland, and Mrs Spragg, of Caerau Court Road, Cardiff, on Monday.