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A female accused with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a voicemail message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has persistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court heard communication data and data retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test during 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported child disappearance cases and is still unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

Another phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Imagine there is a small chance that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that significant for you?"

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

The jury was informed that via electronic messages, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, transmitted youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who compiled the evidence, told the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

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

On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I won't give up and I plan to establish my position."

The court learned the co-defendant established a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' residence in that area in last December.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated through messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the months leading up to the trip to that location, the county, in that winter.

The court learned message exchanges between the two individuals, in November 2024, planning attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

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

On the occasion of the appearance to their residence, the defendant dispatched a communication which said: "We find ourselves sat adjacent to the McCanns' house with our headlights off resembling private investigators. I desired to achieve this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.