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A individual accused with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a recorded message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the court heard call records and data obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test over that period.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

Another recorded message, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I understand I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording said: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What happens next? Is that not important for you?"

"I do not need money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to understand," she added.

The jury was advised that through emails, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a effort to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who compiled the information, told the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also reached out to family friends of the McCanns, based on the call data.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court learned Mrs Spragg established a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in the county in that winter.

Call logs demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out via communication app to Mrs McCann to state the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the time leading up to the visit to Rothley, Leicestershire, in December 2024.

The court was told correspondence between the two individuals, in November 2024, discussing trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from silverware at a eating establishment.

"We need to make a stand," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their house, the defendant sent a message which expressed: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark resembling detectives. I desired to accomplish this with another person I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial proceeds.