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

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the court was told call records and evidence obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most widely reported investigations and continues to be open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

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

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I'm her? Then what? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I just want to understand," the message continued.

The jury was advised that via electronic messages, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, a data specialist with law enforcement who compiled the data, told the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also communicated with family friends of the McCanns, according to the phone records.

On 9 October 2024, Gerry McCann picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number."

That day Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I will continue and I plan to establish my position."

The court heard the co-defendant established a association via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in the county in last December.

Call logs revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out via communication app to Mrs McCann to express the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the time leading up to the trip to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two defendants, in last November, considering attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from silverware at a eating establishment.

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

On the night of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a text which said: "We find ourselves sitting outside the McCanns' home with our headlights off like detectives. I desired to accomplish this with another person I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case continues.