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A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a phone message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has consistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial indicted with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and evidence recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported investigations and continues to be open.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate recorded message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I know what I know."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail expressed: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I am she? Then what? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I have a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," the message continued.

The tribunal was told that through emails, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a bid to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who collated the data, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

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

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I will continue and I will prove my point."

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

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had communicated using communication app to Mrs McCann to express the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be taken seriously in the time preceding the visit to Rothley, the county, in that winter.

The court was told correspondence between the two defendants, in that autumn, discussing attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from utensils at a eating establishment.

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

On the evening of the trip to their home, the defendant dispatched a text which said: "We find ourselves positioned outside the McCanns' home with our headlights off similar to detectives. I desired to do this with someone else I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.