Accused Stalker Questioned: 'But Suppose I Might Be Madeleine?'

A woman indicted with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a voicemail message which posed: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the tribunal heard call records and evidence recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported child disappearance cases and continues to be open.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate voicemail, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "What if there is a slight possibility that I am she? Then what? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

"I don't want money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I only wish to know," the recording stated.

The jury was advised that via electronic messages, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with law enforcement who compiled the evidence, advised the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to close associates of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On that date, Mr McCann responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I won't give up and I will prove my point."

The court learned Mrs Spragg developed a connection online with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in that area in last December.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had communicated via messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be treated respectfully in the period leading up to the visit to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court learned communications between the two defendants, in last November, considering endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from silverware at a dining venue.

"We have to assert ourselves," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the trip to their residence, the defendant dispatched a text which expressed: "We find ourselves sat near the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark resembling detectives. I had hoped to achieve this with someone else I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case continues.