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A individual accused with harassing Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a voicemail message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal was told communication data and data obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most covered investigations and continues to be open.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine had been, but I believe what I feel."

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

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

The jury was informed that via electronic messages, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a effort to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with the police force who gathered the information, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted close associates of the McCanns, according to 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."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court heard the co-defendant developed a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' property in the county in December 2024.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted through messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the period before the appearance to that location, the county, in that winter.

The court was told communications between the two individuals, in that autumn, planning trying to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from utensils at a eating establishment.

"We need to assert ourselves," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their home, the defendant transmitted a text which stated: "We're currently positioned near the McCanns' residence with our lights out similar to detectives. I desired to do this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.