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A individual charged with stalking Kate McCann apparently left her a recorded message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has consistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal learned phone records and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most covered investigations and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

One phone message, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I believe."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I'm her? Then what? Isn't that important for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to know," she added.

The panel was advised that through emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a biological test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with the police force who gathered the information, told the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted family friends of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On that date, Gerry McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

That day Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my claim."

The court learned Mrs Spragg established a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in the county in last December.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated via communication app to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the months preceding the trip to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two accused, in that autumn, considering endeavoring to get Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from cutlery at a dining venue.

"We need to assert ourselves," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their house, the defendant transmitted a message which expressed: "We find ourselves sat adjacent to the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark similar to private investigators. I had hoped to do this with someone else I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial continues.