By Hannah Ahmed

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Madeleine McCann’s mum, Kate McCann, has made a heartbreaking admission from the witness box during a stalking trial today. The 57-year-old took to the stand at Leicester Crown Court earlier this morning where the mother of the missing Madeleine gave evidence over the stalking accusations faced by two women, Julia Wandelt, 24, and Karen Spragg, 61. Kate spoke out about both women who are co-accused, beginning with evidence over Wandelt. The trial comes as the 20 year anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance approaches. The youngster went missing from her family’s apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, with her whereabouts still not known. During the current trial, Kate said how she knew the woman, who are accused of sending a letter, calls, voicemails and WhatsApp messages to Kate and Gerry McCann, and sending Amelie and Sean McCann Instagram messages, was “clearly not Madeleine” when she first contacted her. READ MORE: Madeleine McCann’s parents ‘pursued’ by ‘stalker’ claiming to be their daughter Kate went on to share how the situation finally came to a head when Wandelt reportedly tried to contact her and Gerry McCann’s daughter, Amelie. She told the court: “That was a final straw for me. “Amelie and Sean, I don’t want them involved, so I discussed it with the police.” Kate spoke of how the alleged situation heightened, with jurors told of the exact moment Wandelt and Spragg accosted Kate and Gerry outside their home last year. Asked about that visit, Kate said: “I remember it was the weekend of really bad gales. “I was getting stuff out of the boot and I heard someone call Kate. “I knew it was someone behind me but didn’t know who it was. I got a fright. “I had no idea who it was.” She went on: “I had a momentary kind of ‘who is it?’, because there were two women, and finally I realised it was Julia. “I had seen a photo of her in the past, plus I guess she was quite vivid in my mind because of all the communications that had gone on before. “She was saying the usual stuff, ‘I’m your daughter’. “She called me mum. She was asking for a DNA test, pleading with me “I got a fright anyway and when I realised who it was I was quite distressed. “I was on edge anyway, and it bubbled up. I felt quite invaded, in my home.” Kate continued: “The other lady was slightly more aggressive. She was a bit more kind of ‘don’t you want to find your daughter?’ “I asked them to leave I told them I was in distress and they could not be on our property and asked them to leave “They followed me, I was trying to close the door, Julia was kind of putting her hands out to try to stop me closing the door. “I then closed the door and locked it. “They kept banging on the door.” While the mother-of-three was speaking at the court, she also made a heartbreaking admission over Madeleine’s disappearance, after a letter from Wandelt signed off as Madeleine was posted through her door, the Mirror reported. READ MORE: Author Dame Jilly Cooper dies aged 88 as family issue statement Kate said: “That’s an example of the thing that was getting to me. “It’s obvious the thing I want most is for Madeleine to be back, I want Madeleine to call me ‘mum’, so that was really distressing for me. “Referring to me as her mum is hard.” Asked by Mr Duck if there was any truth to the claims allegedly made by Wandelt that Gerry is “controlling”, Kate replied: “None at all.” Referring to Wandelt, Kate said: “I always thought her behaviour indicated she had mental health problems.” The trial of Julia Wandelt, 24, and Karen Spragg, 61, continues.