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A female indicted with stalking Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a recorded message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has persistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the tribunal heard phone records and evidence retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported child disappearance cases and remains open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One phone message, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am she? What then? Isn't that significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a life here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," the recording stated.

The panel was informed that by means of electronic messages, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who collated the evidence, informed the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, as per the call data.

On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."

During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a association via internet with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in that winter.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be treated respectfully in the time before the visit to the village, the county, in last December.

The court learned communications between the two individuals, in November 2024, discussing endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from cutlery at a dining venue.

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

On the evening of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg dispatched a message which expressed: "We find ourselves sitting adjacent to the McCanns' home with our headlights off like private investigators. I wanted to achieve this with another person I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.