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A woman charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly left her a voicemail message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who a jury heard has consistently declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the tribunal learned communication data and information retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most covered child disappearance cases and continues to be unsolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another phone message, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "What if there is a tiny probability that I am she? What then? Isn't that crucial for you?"

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

The panel was informed that through emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a biological test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a attempt to display a similarity 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 data, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with family friends of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

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

That day Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I will continue and I plan to establish my position."

The court heard Mrs Spragg established a association via internet with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a trip to the McCanns' home in that area in December 2024.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted using communication app to Mrs McCann to express the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be treated respectfully in the period before the trip to Rothley, that area, in December 2024.

The court learned correspondence between the two defendants, in last November, considering trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.

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

On the evening of the trip to their residence, Mrs Spragg dispatched a communication which expressed: "We're currently sitting outside the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark similar to detectives. I had hoped to do this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial proceeds.