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A female indicted with pursuing Kate McCann apparently deposited her a phone message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial indicted with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court was told phone records and evidence retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most widely reported child disappearance cases and continues to be open.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another voicemail, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I feel."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Suppose there is a small chance that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"

"I don't want money, I possess a life here in Poland, I only wish to understand," the recording stated.

The panel was told that via emails, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with Leicestershire Police who gathered the data, told the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On October 9th, 2024, the father picked up a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I will continue and I plan to establish my position."

The court learned the co-defendant developed a relationship online with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in that area in last December.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the time preceding the trip to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court was told correspondence between the two individuals, in that autumn, considering trying to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from cutlery at a dining venue.

"We have to take action," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the appearance to their residence, the defendant sent a message which expressed: "We are sat adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out similar to private investigators. I desired to accomplish this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial continues.