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A female charged with stalking Kate McCann reportedly recorded her a voicemail message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court heard call records and data retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most covered missing child cases and continues to be open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

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

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "What if there is a small chance that I am she? Then what? Is that not significant for you?"

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

The jury was told that through electronic messages, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a effort to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who collated the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to family friends of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

That day Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will continue and I plan to establish my position."

The court heard the co-defendant developed a association online with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a visit to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in that winter.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted through communication app to Mrs McCann to express the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the time before the appearance to Rothley, the county, in last December.

The court was told communications between the two accused, in that autumn, planning trying to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a dining venue.

"We need to assert ourselves," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a text which stated: "We find ourselves sitting adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark similar to detectives. I wanted to accomplish this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.