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A individual indicted with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told phone records and data recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA 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 widely reported investigations and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine had been, but I know what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? What then? Isn't that significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the message continued.

The panel was told that through electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a DNA test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a effort to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who gathered the evidence, told the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also contacted close associates of the McCanns, according to the phone records.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I won't give up and I plan to establish my point."

The court was informed the co-defendant established a connection online with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in that area in that winter.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated via messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be considered genuine in the period leading up to the appearance to the village, the county, in that winter.

The court heard correspondence between the two defendants, in last November, planning endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from silverware at a restaurant.

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

On the night of the visit to their residence, the defendant sent a message which expressed: "We find ourselves sitting adjacent to the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark like private investigators. I desired to do this with another person I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.