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A individual indicted with pursuing Kate McCann apparently deposited her a phone message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has repeatedly declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal heard communication data and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt persistently asking Madeleine's mother for a biological test during the past two years.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

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

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Suppose there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What happens next? Is that not crucial for you?"

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

The tribunal was told that via emails, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with the police force who collated the evidence, advised the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with close associates of the McCanns, as per the phone records.

On that date, Gerry McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

That day Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court learned the co-defendant struck up a association via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in last December.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the months leading up to the trip to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard communications between the two defendants, in last November, discussing trying to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We need to make a stand," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a communication which said: "We find ourselves positioned outside the McCanns' house with our lights out similar to detectives. I desired to achieve this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.