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A woman indicted with pursuing Kate McCann apparently deposited her a phone message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who a jury heard has repeatedly declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal was told phone records and information obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years 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'

Another phone message, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What happens next? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

"I don't want money, I possess a living here in Poland, I just want to understand," the message continued.

The jury was advised that via emails, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a bid to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with law enforcement who gathered the data, informed the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

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

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Call logs showed Mrs Spragg had reached out through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period preceding the appearance to Rothley, that area, in last December.

The court heard communications between the two defendants, in that autumn, discussing trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from cutlery at a dining venue.

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

On the occasion of the trip to their home, Mrs Spragg transmitted a message which expressed: "We're currently sitting outside the McCanns' home with our headlights off like investigators. I desired to achieve this with Peter Andrew I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial proceeds.