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A female indicted with stalking Kate McCann allegedly left her a recorded message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told call records and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most widely reported investigations and continues to be open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One voicemail, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I feel what I believe."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What then? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I have a living here in Poland, I only wish to know," she added.

The jury was informed that via emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a bid to display a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who gathered the data, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

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

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I will persist and I plan to establish my point."

The court heard Mrs Spragg established a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated using messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she deserved to be considered genuine in the time preceding the trip to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court was told correspondence between the two accused, in November 2024, planning trying to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We need to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a communication which said: "We find ourselves positioned near the McCanns' home with our headlights off resembling investigators. I had hoped to do this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.