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A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a recorded message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has consistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal was told communication data and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported child disappearance cases and is still unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate phone message, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm fat and plain like Madeleine had been, but I know what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording said: "What if there is a tiny probability that I am she? What then? Wouldn't that be crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I have a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," the message continued.

The panel was told that through electronic messages, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a bid to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an investigator with the police force who compiled the evidence, informed the court there "seemed to lack any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On that date, Mr McCann responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

That day Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I will continue and I plan to establish my position."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg established a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' property in the county in that winter.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out using communication app to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the time before the trip to Rothley, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told correspondence between the two accused, in last November, planning attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from utensils at a dining venue.

"We have to take action," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the appearance to their home, the defendant transmitted a text which said: "We find ourselves sitting near the McCanns' home with our headlights off resembling investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.