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A individual charged with stalking Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a phone message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has consistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and evidence retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most covered investigations and is still unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another voicemail, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I am she? What happens next? Wouldn't that be crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," the message continued.

The tribunal was advised that by means of emails, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a attempt to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who compiled the evidence, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to close associates of the McCanns, as per the call data.

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

That day Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I won't give up and I will prove my point."

The court heard Mrs Spragg established a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in last December.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be taken seriously in the period before the trip to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two defendants, in last November, discussing trying to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from cutlery at a restaurant.

"We need to make a stand," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their home, the defendant transmitted a communication which said: "We're currently sat outside the McCanns' residence with our headlights off similar to investigators. I desired to achieve this with someone else I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.