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A individual charged with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly left her a recorded message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal learned communication data and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most publicized investigations and is still unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One voicemail, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "Imagine there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? What happens next? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to know," the recording stated.

The jury was informed that via electronic messages, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a DNA test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with the police force who collated the data, advised the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the call data.

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I won't give up and I plan to establish my claim."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg established a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt before accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the time before the trip to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard correspondence between the two accused, in last November, considering endeavoring to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

"We have to assert ourselves," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the trip to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a communication which expressed: "We find ourselves sat adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out resembling detectives. I had hoped to accomplish this with another person I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.