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A female charged with stalking Kate McCann apparently left her a phone message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has persistently asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the court was told call records and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported missing child cases and remains open.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate voicemail, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I know what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What happens next? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

"I don't want money, I have a living here in Poland, I simply desire to know," she added.

The panel was told that by means of electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, sent early photographs to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who collated the data, told the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted close associates of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.

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

That day Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I will persist and I will prove my point."

The court learned the co-defendant developed a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in last December.

Call logs revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out through communication app to Mrs McCann to state the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the months leading up to the visit to that location, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard communications between the two defendants, in November 2024, planning attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from cutlery at a restaurant.

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

On the occasion of the appearance to their residence, Mrs Spragg dispatched a message which stated: "We're currently sitting near the McCanns' home with our headlights off similar to private investigators. I desired to achieve this with Peter Andrew I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.