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A woman charged with pursuing Kate McCann apparently deposited her a phone message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court heard communication data and information obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most covered child disappearance cases and remains unsolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another voicemail, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine had been, but I know what I know."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I am she? What then? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," the recording stated.

The jury was told that via electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, sent early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

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

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On that date, Gerry McCann picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I won't give up and I will prove my point."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg established a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' residence in the county in last December.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had reached out via messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the period preceding the trip to that location, Leicestershire, in December 2024.

The court heard message exchanges between the two accused, in that autumn, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from silverware at a eating establishment.

"We must assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their home, the defendant sent a text which expressed: "We are sat near the McCanns' house with our headlights off similar to investigators. I desired to achieve this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case continues.