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Woman, 60, charged with stalking Madeleine McCann’s family over nine months – weeks after ‘fake Maddie’ also arrested

Published on March 28, 2025 at 02:38 AM

A WOMAN has been charged with the stalking of Madeleine McCann's family over nine months.

Karen Spragg, 60, of Caerau, Cardiff, has been charged with one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress, cops said.

The charges relates to an offence between 3 May 2024 and 21 February 2025
Julia Wandelt has been charged with stalking Madeleine McCann's parents
Madeleine McCann went missing in Portugal in 2007

She will appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Friday.

On the same day Julia Wandel, 23, of Lubin, Poland, will appear at Leicester Crown Court.

She has been charged with four counts of stalking against the family.

Wandel is accused of stalking Kate, Gerry, Sean and Amelie McCann between January 3, 2024 and February 15, 2025.

She is alleged to have gone to the family home on May 2 and December 7 last year.

The 23-year-old is also accused of sending a letter, calls, voicemails and WhatsApp messages to Kate and Gerry McCann.

She allegedly sent Amelie and Sean McCann Instagram messages between January 3 and December 29 last year.

A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: “A 60-year-old woman has been charged with a stalking offence as part of an ongoing investigation by Leicestershire Police.

“KarenSpragghas been charged with one of stalking involving serious alarm or distress.

“The charges relates to an offence between 3 May 2024 and 21 February 2025.

“Spragg, ofCaerauCourt Road,Caerau, Cardiff, was arrested earlier today (Thursday 27 March).

“She is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (Friday).

“In February JuliaWandel, 23, of Lubin, Poland, was charged with four counts of stalking as part of the same investigation.”

Madeleine McCann's disappearance

MADELEINE McCann vanished on May 3, 2007 - and cops believe Brueckner could have been behind her disappearance.

Almost 17 years on, no one has been charged in connection. These are the key dates

May 3, 2007 – Kate McCann finds Madeleine missing at 10pm

May 14, 2007 – Property developer Robert Murat is named an “arguido” or formal suspect

August 31, 2007 – The McCanns launch libel action against Tal e Qual – a newspaper that claimed the couple killed Madeleine

September 7, 2007 – Kate and Gerry McCann are made “arguidos”

September 9, 2007– Madeleine's parents return to England with their two-year-old twins

October 2, 2007– Lead detective Goncalo Amaral is taken off the case after criticising British police in a newspaper interview

July 21, 2009 – Portuguese police lift the “arguido” status of both Robert Murat and the McCanns

May 12, 2011 – On Madeleine's eighth birthday, Scotland Yard launches a review into the case

April 25, 2012 – Scotland Yard officers say they believe Madeleine McCann is still alive

July 4, 2013 – Two years into a review of the case, Scotland Yard launched its own investigation into Madeleine's disappearance

October 24, 2013– Portuguese police reopen their case after new lines of inquiry are found

November 27, 2013 – Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe called for British and Portuguese police to work together

October 28, 2015 – Scotland Yard reduces the number of officers working on Madeleine's disappearance

March 11, 2017The Home Office grants Operation Grange an extra £85,000 to continue from April until September

September 28, 2017British police are granted £154,000 to keep the probe going until March 2018

November 2017Cops moved the search to Bulgaria

May 2018 – Another round of funding, thought to be in the region of £150,000 is granted

September 2018 – An extra six months of funding is requested from the Home Office

November 2018 – More funding, thought to be in the region of £150,000 is granted

November 2018 – UK police re-examine a theory Madeleine left the apartment to look for her parents

June 2019 – Another round of funding, believed to be £300,000 of government cash is granted

June 2019 – Portuguese police are probing a “new clue and suspect”; after talks with British officers

June 2020 – New prime suspect revealed as a German paedo Christian Brueckner

April 2022 – Brueckner formally made an “arguido”

May 2023 – Police search remote Algarve reservoir Brueckner called his “little paradise”

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