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A female indicted with harassing Kate McCann allegedly left her a recorded message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has persistently claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal was told call records and data recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.

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

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate recorded message, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm fat and plain like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording said: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am she? What happens next? Is that not significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," she added.

The panel was told that via emails, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a bid to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who gathered the evidence, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted family friends of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.

On 9 October 2024, the father responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a association via internet with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in that winter.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted using communication app to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the months preceding the visit to that location, the county, in last December.

The court learned message exchanges between the two individuals, in last November, considering attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from silverware at a dining venue.

"We have to assert ourselves," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a text which said: "We find ourselves positioned near the McCanns' house with our lights out resembling private investigators. I had hoped to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial continues.