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

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who a jury heard has persistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the tribunal learned call records and evidence obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test over the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most publicized child disappearance cases and is still unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine had been, but I know what I believe."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What then? Is that not significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," the message continued.

The panel was advised that via emails, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, sent early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who collated the information, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with close associates of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I will persist and I plan to establish my claim."

The court learned Mrs Spragg developed a relationship online with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Call logs demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the time before the visit to Rothley, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told communications between the two accused, in that autumn, planning attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from silverware at a dining venue.

"We have to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the trip to their house, the defendant transmitted a message which expressed: "We find ourselves sitting near the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark resembling investigators. I desired to achieve this with another person I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.