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A woman accused with stalking Kate McCann reportedly recorded her a recorded message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal learned call records and evidence obtained from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most covered child disappearance cases and is still unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another voicemail, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine was, but I believe what I feel."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's voicemail expressed: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am she? What happens next? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a living here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," the message continued.

The jury was informed that through electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with the police force who gathered the evidence, advised the court there "seemed to lack any responses" from Mrs McCann.

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

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my claim."

The court learned Mrs Spragg developed a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in that winter.

Call logs revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out through communication app to Mrs McCann to say the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she deserved to be considered genuine in the period leading up to the appearance to Rothley, that area, in December 2024.

The court was told correspondence between the two individuals, in that autumn, considering attempting to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her garbage or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We need to make a stand," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the trip to their house, the defendant sent a message which expressed: "We are sitting outside the McCanns' house with our lights out like private investigators. I had hoped to do this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case proceeds.