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A individual accused with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a phone message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has repeatedly declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court heard phone records and information retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most publicized investigations and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another voicemail, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I know."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "Imagine there is a small chance that I'm her? What then? Is that not important for you?"

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

The panel was told that through emails, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with the police force who collated the evidence, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to close associates 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, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my claim."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg established a association online with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in last December.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be taken seriously in the period preceding the visit to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two defendants, in November 2024, considering attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a eating establishment.

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

On the occasion of the visit to their house, the defendant transmitted a text which said: "We are sitting near the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark similar to investigators. I desired to accomplish this with another person I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.