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A individual accused with harassing Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a voicemail message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal was told call records and evidence retrieved from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most publicized missing child cases and continues to be unsolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Suppose there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What happens next? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to know," the message continued.

The tribunal was told that by means of electronic messages, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a effort to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with law enforcement who gathered the information, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with close associates of the McCanns, according to the phone records.

On that date, the father 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 recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will persist and I plan to establish my point."

The court learned the co-defendant established a connection online with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a trip to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in that winter.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated through communication app to Mrs McCann to say the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be taken seriously in the time leading up to the visit to that location, Leicestershire, in December 2024.

The court was told message exchanges between the two defendants, in that autumn, considering trying to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from utensils at a dining venue.

"We need to make a stand," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a message which stated: "We are sitting adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out like detectives. I desired to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case proceeds.