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A woman charged with harassing Kate McCann allegedly left her a recorded message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has persistently declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

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

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most covered missing child cases and is still unresolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One recorded message, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I understand I'm fat and unattractive 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: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What happens next? Is that not important for you?"

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

The panel was informed that through electronic messages, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a bid to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

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

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

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

That day Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will persist and I plan to establish my point."

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

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated using messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period preceding the appearance to Rothley, the county, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two individuals, in last November, planning trying to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We must take action," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the appearance to their home, Mrs Spragg sent a text which said: "We are sitting adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our headlights off similar to private investigators. I had hoped to do this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.