Accused Harasser Inquired: 'But Imagine I Might Be Madeleine?'

A individual accused with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a phone message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court learned phone records and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most covered investigations and continues to be unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate recorded message, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I understand I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I feel what I feel."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail expressed: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I am she? What happens next? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to know," she added.

The jury was advised that by means of electronic messages, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who gathered the evidence, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also communicated with close associates of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.

On that date, Mr McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "the wrong phone."

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

The court learned Mrs Spragg developed a association online with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in that area in December 2024.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be treated respectfully in the time preceding the visit to that location, that area, in that winter.

The court heard message exchanges between the two accused, in that autumn, discussing attempting to get Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from utensils at a restaurant.

"We have to take action," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the appearance to their home, Mrs Spragg transmitted a communication which said: "We find ourselves sitting near the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark resembling detectives. I desired to accomplish this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial proceeds.