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A individual charged with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned phone records and evidence retrieved from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most publicized missing child cases and is still unresolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another recorded message, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "What if there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What then? Isn't that crucial for you?"

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

The tribunal was informed that by means of emails, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who collated the evidence, advised the court there "seemed to lack any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted close associates of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I won't give up and I plan to establish my claim."

The court learned the co-defendant established a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in the county in December 2024.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated using messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the period leading up to the visit to that location, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told message exchanges between the two accused, in last November, planning endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

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

On the night of the appearance to their residence, the defendant sent a text which stated: "We are positioned outside the McCanns' residence with our lights out like investigators. I desired to accomplish this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.