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A female indicted with stalking Kate McCann reportedly left her a recorded message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges indicted with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court learned phone records and evidence obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal - is among the most covered child disappearance cases and is still unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

Another phone message, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine had been, but I know what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What then? Is that not significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I only wish to know," she added.

The panel was advised that via emails, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a attempt to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with the police force who compiled the information, told the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court heard Mrs Spragg struck up a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in last December.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had contacted using communication app to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the period leading up to the visit to Rothley, the county, in that winter.

The court heard correspondence between the two accused, in November 2024, considering endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a dining venue.

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

On the night of the visit to their home, the defendant dispatched a message which stated: "We find ourselves sat adjacent to the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark similar to investigators. I desired to achieve this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.