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A individual charged with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a voicemail message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has consistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges indicted with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the tribunal heard communication data and data recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt persistently asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most publicized child disappearance cases and continues to be open.

'I Don't Want Money'

One voicemail, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "What if there is a slight possibility that I am she? Then what? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I have a living here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the message continued.

The jury was informed that by means of electronic messages, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a effort to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with Leicestershire Police who gathered the evidence, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with close associates of the McCanns, as per the phone records.

On that date, Mr McCann responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will persist and I plan to establish my position."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg developed a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in that winter.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had reached out via communication app to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the months before the trip to the village, Leicestershire, in December 2024.

The court learned communications between the two individuals, in November 2024, discussing trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from utensils at a restaurant.

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

On the night of the appearance to their house, the defendant transmitted a message which said: "We're currently sat outside the McCanns' residence with our headlights off resembling detectives. I had hoped to achieve this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.