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A female accused with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a voicemail message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges indicted with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told communication data and data retrieved from phones recorded Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most publicized investigations and is still unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another phone message, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine had been, but I know what I feel."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Suppose there is a slight possibility that I am she? What then? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I just want to know," the message continued.

The jury was informed that by means of emails, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who collated the data, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to family friends of the McCanns, based on the call data.

On October 9th, 2024, the father picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I won't give up and I plan to establish my position."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg established a association via internet with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in last December.

Call logs demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period preceding the visit to Rothley, the county, in last December.

The court heard correspondence between the two individuals, in November 2024, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a eating establishment.

"We need to take action," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their home, the defendant sent a communication which said: "We're currently positioned near the McCanns' residence with our lights out resembling detectives. I desired to accomplish this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial proceeds.