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A individual charged with stalking Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a recorded message which posed: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court heard call records and information retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported missing child cases and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another recorded message, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I believe what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I'm her? Then what? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the recording stated.

The panel was advised that via electronic messages, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, sent early photographs to her phone in a bid to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who collated the evidence, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted family friends of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, the father answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

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

The court heard Mrs Spragg developed a association online with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in the county in that winter.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted through communication app to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the period preceding the visit to that location, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard correspondence between the two defendants, in last November, planning attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from utensils at a restaurant.

"We have to take action," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the visit to their residence, Mrs Spragg dispatched a text which stated: "We find ourselves sitting near the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark like detectives. I desired to do this with someone else I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case proceeds.