Alleged stalker 'begged McCanns for DNA test'

VOICEMAILS FROM ACCUSED PLAYED TO THE JURY

- By STAFF REPORTER

ON TRIAL: Julia Wandelt, left, and Karen Spragg deny stalking the McCann family

(ELIZABETH COOK PA)

AN ALLEGED stalker of Madeleine McCann's parents repeatedly begged them for a DNA test, and urged them to think the missing girl was not dead.

Leicester Crown Court heard recordings of Julia Wandelt, 24, from Lubin in southwest Poland, upset, as she left voice messages to Kate McCann last year over a period of months, at one point asking: “What if I’m her?”

Co-defendant Karen Spragg, 61, started crying yesterday and had to leave the dock when recordings of the voicemails left by Wandelt to Mrs McCann were played to the court.

Wandelt, whose head was down while jurors listened to the recordings, was heard saying: “I know you probably think Madeleine's dead.

“Well she is not. I really believe I’m her. Help me. Don’t think Madeleine is dead. This is a chance. Please, I beg you.

“The police don’t want to help me, they don’t want to help Madeleine. It’s all corrupt.