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A individual charged with stalking Kate McCann apparently left her a voicemail message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told phone records and information retrieved from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most publicized child disappearance cases and remains unresolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

A separate phone message, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "What if there is a tiny probability that I am Madeleine? Then what? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a life here in Poland, I just want to know," she added.

The jury was advised that through electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

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

Ms Wandelt also communicated with close associates of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On that date, Mr McCann picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my claim."

The court learned the co-defendant struck up a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a trip to the McCanns' home in that area in last December.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated through messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the period before the trip to the village, that area, in December 2024.

The court heard correspondence between the two individuals, in November 2024, considering trying to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We must take action," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the visit to their home, Mrs Spragg dispatched a text which expressed: "We are sitting near the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark resembling detectives. I had hoped to accomplish this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.