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A individual indicted with pursuing Kate McCann apparently recorded her a phone message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told phone records and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most publicized investigations and continues to be open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another voicemail, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Suppose there is a small chance that I'm her? What then? Is that not important for you?"

"I do not need money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the message continued.

The tribunal was advised that through electronic messages, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a bid to display a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with the police force who gathered the information, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On 9 October 2024, Gerry McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "the wrong phone."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will continue and I will prove my point."

The court heard Mrs Spragg established a association online with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in that winter.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had communicated via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the trip to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court was told message exchanges between the two accused, in that autumn, discussing endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from cutlery at a dining venue.

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

On the evening of the trip to their home, the defendant sent a text which stated: "We are sitting adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our lights out similar to investigators. I had hoped to achieve this with Peter Andrew I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.