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A woman charged with stalking Kate McCann apparently left her a phone message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal heard communication data and information retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test over the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most covered child disappearance cases and continues to be unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate voicemail, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I know what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "What if there is a small chance that I am she? What happens next? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a life here in Poland, I only wish to understand," the recording stated.

The tribunal was informed that through emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent early photographs to her phone in a bid to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who gathered the evidence, told the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to close associates of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On 9 October 2024, Mr McCann responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number."

On that occasion 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 developed a relationship online with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' residence in that area in last December.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had communicated through messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be considered genuine in the period before the visit to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two individuals, in that autumn, considering attempting to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from cutlery at a restaurant.

"We need to take action," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the trip to their residence, the defendant sent a communication which stated: "We are sat adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out similar to private investigators. I desired to do this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.