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A female charged with stalking Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a phone message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has persistently asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and evidence recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported child disappearance cases and remains unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate phone message, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I believe what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What happens next? Is that not important for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to know," she added.

The panel was told that through emails, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who compiled the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also contacted close associates of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On that date, Gerry McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."

That day Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court learned the co-defendant developed a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt before accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in that winter.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated through messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the visit to that location, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court learned communications between the two accused, in last November, considering attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from utensils at a restaurant.

"We have to make a stand," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a communication which stated: "We are positioned near the McCanns' home with our headlights off resembling private investigators. I desired to do this with someone else I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case continues.