**Woman in Court Over Allegations of Stalking McCann Family**

**Julia Wandel has been remanded in custody after being charged with stalking offenses that have allegedly caused distress to the family of the missing child.**

A woman has appeared in court charged with multiple counts of stalking related to the highly publicized case of missing child Madeleine McCann. Julia Wandel, 23, known also as Julia Wandelt, was taken into custody at Bristol Airport on Wednesday. She faces four charges of stalking that reportedly caused serious alarm and distress to the McCann family.

During her court appearance at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Friday, it was determined that Wandel would remain in custody. She is set to enter a plea at the crown court in Leicester on April 7. Court documents detail allegations that between January 3, 2024, and February 15, 2025, Wandel sent messages, made calls, and visited the McCann family home on multiple occasions. Specifically, it is claimed that she visited the family's residence in Leicestershire on May 2 and December 7 and attempted contact via WhatsApp and Instagram with the McCanns and their other children.

The court documentation highlights that Wandel’s actions had a severe negative impact on the family's everyday life, asserting that she either knew or should have understood that her behaviors would incite alarm and distress.

The case of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 at just three years old, remains one of the most scrutinized missing persons investigations worldwide. Additionally, authorities have noted that a 60-year-old woman from Wales was arrested alongside Wandel on similar charges but has since been released on bail.

As developments continue in this ongoing investigation, further details will be forthcoming regarding the court proceedings and any potential implications surrounding the McCann family's long-standing search for their missing daughter.