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A individual indicted with stalking Kate McCann apparently deposited her a voicemail message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has repeatedly declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal learned call records and information recovered from phones logged 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 one of the most widely reported investigations and continues to be unresolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another phone message, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I believe what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "What if there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What then? Is that not important for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a living here in Poland, I only wish to understand," the recording stated.

The jury was told that by means of electronic messages, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who compiled the evidence, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with close associates of the McCanns, as per the call data.

On that date, the father responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I will continue and I plan to establish my point."

The court heard the co-defendant developed a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in last December.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be considered genuine in the time before the appearance to Rothley, the county, in that winter.

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

"We must assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a communication which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' house with our headlights off like private investigators. I desired to achieve this with another person I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.