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A woman indicted with pursuing Kate McCann apparently left her a phone message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has persistently asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court heard communication data and information retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported investigations and remains open.

'I Don't Want Money'

One voicemail, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "What if there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What then? Wouldn't that be crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a living here in Poland, I only wish to know," the message continued.

The tribunal was advised that via emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

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

Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to close associates of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, the father responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I will persist and I plan to establish my claim."

The court learned Mrs Spragg struck up a relationship online with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' property in the county in last December.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted through messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the period leading up to the visit to that location, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told communications between the two individuals, in November 2024, planning endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from cutlery at a restaurant.

"We need to take action," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the trip to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a communication which stated: "We are positioned adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out like private investigators. I had hoped to achieve this with someone else I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case proceeds.