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A individual indicted with stalking Kate McCann apparently left her a voicemail message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has persistently asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court was told phone records and information retrieved from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most covered child disappearance cases and is still unsolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate voicemail, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I feel."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What happens next? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," the recording stated.

The jury was advised that by means of emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who gathered the data, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to family friends of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I won't give up and I will prove my claim."

The court heard the co-defendant struck up a relationship online with Ms Wandelt before accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in that area in last December.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the months preceding the visit to that location, the county, in last December.

The court learned correspondence between the two accused, in November 2024, considering attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.

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

On the night of the visit to their residence, the defendant sent a message which stated: "We find ourselves sat near the McCanns' home with our headlights off resembling detectives. I desired to achieve this with another person I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial continues.