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A individual charged with pursuing Kate McCann apparently left her a voicemail message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most widely reported missing child cases and is still unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine was, but I feel what I believe."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "Imagine there is a small chance that I am she? Then what? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to understand," she added.

The panel was told that by means of electronic messages, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a effort to display a similarity to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who collated the data, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted family friends of the McCanns, according to the phone records.

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will continue and I will prove my position."

The court learned the co-defendant established a connection online with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' property in the county in last December.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the months leading up to the visit to that location, Leicestershire, in December 2024.

The court heard communications between the two accused, in November 2024, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a restaurant.

"We must make a stand," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their residence, the defendant transmitted a communication which stated: "We are positioned near the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark resembling detectives. I wanted to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case continues.