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A female accused with stalking Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned phone records and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported investigations and remains unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One recorded message, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm heavy and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "What if there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? Then what? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

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

The tribunal was told that via electronic messages, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with law enforcement who compiled the information, told the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted family friends of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On that date, Mr McCann responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

During that incident Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I will continue and I will prove my position."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a connection online with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in last December.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be taken seriously in the period preceding the visit to the village, the county, in last December.

The court was told correspondence between the two individuals, in last November, considering trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We need to make a stand," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their residence, the defendant dispatched a communication which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our headlights off similar to detectives. I had hoped to accomplish this with someone else I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.