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A female charged with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly left her a voicemail message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has repeatedly declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court heard call records and data recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during the past two years.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate recorded message, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "What if there is a slight possibility that I'm her? Then what? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

"I do not need money, I have a living here in Poland, I only wish to discover," she added.

The tribunal was informed that by means of electronic messages, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with the police force who collated the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also contacted close associates of the McCanns, according to the call data.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I will persist and I will prove my point."

The court heard the co-defendant developed a association online with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in the county in December 2024.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the months before the appearance to Rothley, that area, in last December.

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

"We need to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their home, the defendant transmitted a message which expressed: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out resembling private investigators. I wanted to do this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial continues.