A woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann has pleaded not guilty to stalking the missing girl’s parents.
Julia Wandel, 23, is accused of making calls, leaving voicemails, and sending a letter and WhatsApp messages to Kate and Gerry McCann.
Wandel, from southwest Poland, is also accused of turning up at their family home on two occasions last year and sending Instagram messages to Sean and Amelie McCann, Madeleine’s brother and sister.
Wandel was remanded back into custody and is due to appear again at Leicester Crown Court for trial on 2 October.
Karen Spragg, 60, who is alleged to have made calls, sent letters and attended the home address of Mr and Mrs McCann also denied a charge of stalking the family.
Spragg, from Caerau in Cardiff, was granted conditional bail and will appear at the same court for trial on the same date.
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Madeleine’s disappearance has become one of the world’s most mysterious missing child cases.
She disappeared in Portugal’s Algarve in 2007 while on holiday with her family.
Her parents had left their daughter in bed with her twin siblings while they had dinner with friends at a nearby restaurant in Praia da Luz when the then three-year-old disappeared on 3 May.
A man suspected of kidnapping Madeleine will not face any charges in the foreseeable future, a prosecutor told Sky News earlier this year.
