Suspected Stalker Asked: 'But Imagine I Am Madeleine?'

A female charged with pursuing Kate McCann apparently deposited her a voicemail message which posed: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal heard phone records and evidence recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most publicized investigations and continues to be unsolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

A separate recorded message, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I am she? What happens next? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I have a existence here in Poland, I just want to know," the message continued.

The tribunal was informed that through electronic messages, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a effort to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who collated the data, told the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

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

On that date, Mr McCann answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I will persist and I plan to establish my position."

The court heard Mrs Spragg established a connection online with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Call logs demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted using communication app to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the trip to that location, Leicestershire, in that winter.

The court was told communications between the two accused, in November 2024, considering trying to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.

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

On the night of the trip to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a text which stated: "We're currently sitting near the McCanns' home with our headlights off resembling private investigators. I wanted to do this with someone else I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.