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A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly left her a voicemail message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal heard phone records and data recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most covered child disappearance cases and is still open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another voicemail, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I understand I'm fat and plain like Madeleine was, but I feel what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am Madeleine? Then what? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

"I don't want money, I possess a living here in Poland, I just want to know," the recording stated.

The tribunal was advised that via electronic messages, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with law enforcement who gathered the information, advised the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, the father picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."

That day Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will continue and I plan to establish my claim."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in last December.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be considered genuine in the months preceding the trip to the village, the county, in last December.

The court learned message exchanges between the two individuals, in last November, discussing attempting to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from utensils at a restaurant.

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

On the evening of the visit to their home, Mrs Spragg transmitted a text which said: "We're currently sitting adjacent to the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark resembling private investigators. I desired to accomplish this with another person I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.