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A female charged with stalking Kate McCann apparently left her a voicemail message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

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

On Monday, the court heard call records and information obtained from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most publicized child disappearance cases and is still unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One recorded message, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? Then what? Isn't that important for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a life here in Poland, I only wish to know," the message continued.

The jury was informed that by means of emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a bid to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who compiled the evidence, informed the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to close associates of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will continue and I plan to establish my point."

The court heard the co-defendant struck up a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in December 2024.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had contacted via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the trip to that location, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court was told correspondence between the two accused, in that autumn, considering endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from utensils at a eating establishment.

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

On the occasion of the appearance to their home, Mrs Spragg transmitted a message which expressed: "We're currently sat near the McCanns' residence with our headlights off 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 proceeds.