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A individual accused with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly left her a voicemail message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the disappeared 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, Leicester Crown Court was told call records and data obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most covered investigations and remains open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One recorded message, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I'm her? Then what? Isn't that significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a life here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," the message continued.

The jury was told that by means of emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who gathered the information, advised the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also communicated with family friends of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On that date, the father answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court learned the co-defendant struck up a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a visit to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in that winter.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the time preceding the trip to Rothley, the county, in last December.

The court was told message exchanges between the two individuals, in November 2024, discussing endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

"We have to take action," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the trip to their residence, Mrs Spragg sent a communication which expressed: "We are positioned near the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark resembling detectives. I wanted to achieve this with Peter Andrew I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.