Julia Wandel allegedly sent letters, calls, WhatsApps and visited family of missing girl

A woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann has been charged with stalking the parents and siblings of the missing girl by turning up at the family home, leaving voicemails and sending messages.

Julia Wandel, also known as Julia Wandelt, was arrested at Bristol airport on Wednesday and appeared in Leicester magistrates court on Friday, Leicestershire police said. Madeleine went missing in 2007 shortly before her fourth birthday.