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A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly recorded her a recorded message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

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

On Monday, the court learned communication data and evidence recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test over the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most widely reported investigations and is still unresolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

A separate voicemail, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I believe what I believe."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "What if there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? Then what? Is that not significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the recording stated.

The jury was advised that by means of emails, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, sent early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who gathered the information, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, as per the phone records.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will continue and I will prove my position."

The court heard the co-defendant developed a connection online with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in that area in that winter.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out via messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period leading up to the trip to Rothley, that area, in that winter.

The court learned correspondence between the two defendants, in that autumn, discussing attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a dining venue.

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

On the occasion of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a text which expressed: "We're currently sat adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our lights out similar to investigators. I had hoped to accomplish this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case continues.