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

Julia Wandelt, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told phone records and data recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most publicized missing child cases and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

One recorded message, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I believe what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am she? What happens next? Is that not significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a life here in Poland, I only wish to understand," the message continued.

The jury was advised that by means of emails, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent early photographs to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with law enforcement who compiled the information, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with close associates of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On that date, the father responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I will continue and I plan to establish my claim."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' property in the county in that winter.

Call logs showed Mrs Spragg had communicated using messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be treated respectfully in the time preceding the visit to Rothley, the county, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two defendants, in November 2024, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

"We must take action," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the visit to their home, the defendant transmitted a message which expressed: "We find ourselves positioned near the McCanns' residence with our lights out similar to detectives. I desired to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.