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A individual indicted with harassing Kate McCann apparently recorded her a phone message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has persistently declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the tribunal heard phone records and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most publicized missing child cases and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another phone message, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am Madeleine? What happens next? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a life here in Poland, I only wish to understand," the recording stated.

The panel was advised that by means of emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a effort to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with the police force who collated the information, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also contacted family friends of the McCanns, based on the call data.

On October 9th, 2024, the father picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

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

The court heard the co-defendant established a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in the county in last December.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be considered genuine in the time before the appearance to Rothley, Leicestershire, in that winter.

The court learned communications between the two defendants, in November 2024, planning endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from utensils at a dining venue.

"We need to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the trip to their residence, the defendant transmitted a message which stated: "We find ourselves positioned near the McCanns' house with our lights out resembling detectives. I desired to achieve this with another person I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.