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A female indicted with harassing Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a phone message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who a jury heard has repeatedly declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court was told phone records and evidence retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most covered investigations and remains unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One voicemail, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "What if there is a small chance that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"

"I do not need money, I have a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," she added.

The tribunal was advised that via emails, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, sent early photographs to her phone in a attempt to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who gathered the evidence, informed the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to family friends of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I will continue and I plan to establish my claim."

The court heard the co-defendant struck up a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in the county in that winter.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had reached out using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be treated respectfully in the period before the visit to the village, the county, in that winter.

The court learned communications between the two accused, in last November, discussing endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We must take action," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their home, Mrs Spragg sent a communication which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark similar to detectives. I wanted to achieve this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.