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A woman indicted with harassing Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a phone message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has persistently declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal heard call records and data obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most covered child disappearance cases and continues to be open.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

Another phone message, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine had been, but I believe what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "What if there is a tiny probability that I am she? Then what? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I have a living here in Poland, I only wish to understand," the message continued.

The jury was told that by means of electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a biological test, transmitted youth pictures to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with Leicestershire Police who gathered the evidence, advised the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to close associates of the McCanns, as per the phone records.

On that date, Mr McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

That day Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will persist and I plan to establish my position."

The court heard Mrs Spragg established a association via internet with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in December 2024.

Call logs revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be taken seriously in the months leading up to the appearance to Rothley, that area, in December 2024.

The court was told communications between the two individuals, in last November, considering endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We have to take action," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a text which expressed: "We're currently positioned near the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark like private investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with another person I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial continues.