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A female indicted with pursuing Kate McCann apparently left her a phone message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has repeatedly claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal was told phone records and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test over that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported child disappearance cases and remains unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One recorded message, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I believe what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am she? What happens next? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I have a existence here in Poland, I just want to discover," the recording stated.

The tribunal was advised that through electronic messages, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who compiled the information, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted close associates of the McCanns, as per the call data.

On 9 October 2024, the father picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number."

During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I won't give up and I will prove my position."

The court learned the co-defendant struck up a relationship online with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in that winter.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the time before the visit to Rothley, the county, in last December.

The court heard correspondence between the two accused, in November 2024, planning endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from cutlery at a restaurant.

"We must take action," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their residence, the defendant dispatched a message which stated: "We find ourselves positioned near the McCanns' residence with our lights out similar to detectives. I wanted to do this with Peter Andrew I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.