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A individual indicted with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly left her a recorded message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned call records and data recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most covered investigations and remains open.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One voicemail, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I know what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording said: "What if there is a small chance that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to understand," the recording stated.

The jury was advised that by means of emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with Leicestershire Police who gathered the data, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with close associates of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On that date, Mr McCann picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."

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

The court was informed the co-defendant established a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in that area in last December.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had reached out through communication app to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the visit to that location, Leicestershire, in December 2024.

The court heard correspondence between the two individuals, in last November, planning trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from utensils at a dining venue.

"We need to take action," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the visit to their residence, the defendant sent a text which stated: "We are sat near the McCanns' residence with our lights out resembling private investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with someone else I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.