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A female indicted with harassing Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has persistently declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned call records and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most covered missing child cases and remains unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One phone message, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine was, but I know what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? Then what? Is that not crucial for you?"

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

The panel was informed that by means of electronic messages, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a DNA test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a bid to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with law enforcement who compiled the evidence, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On October 9th, 2024, the father picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

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

The court heard the co-defendant established a association via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in that winter.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out using messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be considered genuine in the time leading up to the visit to the village, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told communications between the two defendants, in last November, planning attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her garbage or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We must take action," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the visit to their residence, the defendant dispatched a text which said: "We're currently sitting near the McCanns' house with our headlights off like investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.