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A female indicted with stalking Kate McCann allegedly left her a voicemail message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has consistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned call records and evidence obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most covered missing child cases and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

One recorded message, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm heavy and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What then? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I have a life here in Poland, I just want to discover," the message continued.

The panel was advised that through emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a DNA test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a attempt to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with the police force who gathered the evidence, told the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also communicated with close associates of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann picked up a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "the wrong phone."

That day Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will persist and I plan to establish my point."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in that winter.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had contacted via communication app to Mrs McCann to express the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be taken seriously in the months preceding the appearance to Rothley, the county, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two individuals, in that autumn, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from utensils at a eating establishment.

"We must make a stand," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the visit to their home, Mrs Spragg transmitted a message which said: "We're currently sitting adjacent to the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark like private investigators. I had hoped to achieve this with someone else I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.