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A individual accused with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a phone message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has persistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told communication data and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most publicized child disappearance cases and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I believe 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 slight possibility that I'm her? What happens next? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I just want to discover," she added.

The panel was advised that through emails, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who collated the data, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with family friends of the McCanns, according to the phone records.

On that date, the father responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will continue and I plan to establish my position."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted via messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the period preceding the trip to Rothley, the county, in last December.

The court was told correspondence between the two defendants, in last November, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a dining venue.

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

On the evening of the appearance to their residence, Mrs Spragg sent a communication which said: "We find ourselves sat adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out similar to investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.