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A individual indicted with stalking Kate McCann apparently deposited her a phone message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has repeatedly claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and information obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most publicized investigations and continues to be unsolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I feel what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording said: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am she? What then? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

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

The jury was informed that by means of electronic messages, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, a data specialist with Leicestershire Police who collated the evidence, told the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with family friends of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."

That day Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will continue and I plan to establish my claim."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in the county in last December.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted using messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period before the appearance to Rothley, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told correspondence between the two individuals, in November 2024, planning endeavoring to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from utensils at a eating establishment.

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

On the night of the appearance to their home, Mrs Spragg dispatched a communication which stated: "We are sitting outside the McCanns' residence with our headlights off similar to detectives. I had hoped to do this with Peter Andrew I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.