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A individual accused with stalking Kate McCann apparently recorded her a phone message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal heard phone records and evidence obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported child disappearance cases and is still unresolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

A separate voicemail, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I believe."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's voicemail expressed: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What then? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I just want to discover," she added.

The tribunal was told that via emails, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who collated the information, told the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with family friends of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

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

That day Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will persist and I plan to establish my claim."

The court learned the co-defendant established a association via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in that winter.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be considered genuine in the period before the trip to that location, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court was told message exchanges between the two accused, in last November, discussing trying to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her garbage or from utensils at a restaurant.

"We must make a stand," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the visit to their home, the defendant sent a communication which stated: "We're currently sat adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark like detectives. I wanted to achieve this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case proceeds.