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A female accused with stalking Kate McCann apparently deposited her a phone message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has persistently asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told phone records and information recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most covered investigations and remains unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

Another phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What happens next? Is that not significant for you?"

"I don't want money, I have a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," the message continued.

The jury was advised that through electronic messages, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a attempt to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, a data specialist with Leicestershire Police who collated the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

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

On October 9th, 2024, the father answered a communication 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 answerphone stating "I will persist and I plan to establish my claim."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a relationship online with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a visit to the McCanns' home in the county in December 2024.

Call logs demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated via communication app to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be treated respectfully in the period leading up to the visit to Rothley, that area, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two individuals, in that autumn, planning trying to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

"We must make a stand," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the trip to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a text which said: "We are sitting outside the McCanns' residence with our lights out like private investigators. I desired to do this with someone else I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.