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A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann apparently left her a recorded message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the vanished 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 tribunal was told call records and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most covered missing child cases and continues to be open.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One phone message, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I know."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording said: "What if there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I have a living here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the recording stated.

The jury was informed that via electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who gathered the evidence, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to close associates of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will continue and I will prove my position."

The court learned Mrs Spragg developed a relationship online with Ms Wandelt before accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in last December.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted via messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be treated respectfully in the months before the visit to that location, that area, in that winter.

The court learned communications between the two individuals, in last November, planning attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from cutlery at a dining venue.

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

On the night of the appearance to their home, Mrs Spragg transmitted a text which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our headlights off similar to detectives. I wanted to achieve this with another person I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.