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A female accused with stalking Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a phone message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has consistently asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and data recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most publicized child disappearance cases and remains open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another voicemail, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I know what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "What if there is a slight possibility that I'm her? Then what? Isn't that significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I only wish to discover," she added.

The tribunal was informed that through electronic messages, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with law enforcement who compiled the information, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will persist and I plan to establish my position."

The court learned Mrs Spragg struck up a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' property in the county in December 2024.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out using communication app to Mrs McCann to say the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the time before the visit to that location, that area, in December 2024.

The court learned communications between the two individuals, in last November, planning endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from cutlery at a restaurant.

"We have to assert ourselves," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their home, the defendant transmitted a message which stated: "We are sitting near the McCanns' residence with our lights out similar to investigators. I desired to do this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.