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A individual accused with stalking Kate McCann apparently deposited her a recorded message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court learned communication data and data recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test during 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most publicized missing child cases and remains unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

Another phone message, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I understand I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I believe what I believe."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "What if there is a small chance that I am she? What happens next? Isn't that significant for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," the message continued.

The jury was told that through emails, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, sent early photographs to her phone in a effort to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with Leicestershire Police who collated the data, told the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

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

On that date, Mr McCann answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "a wrong number."

That day Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court learned the co-defendant struck up a connection online with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a visit to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the time preceding the trip to that location, that area, in that winter.

The court was told communications between the two individuals, in that autumn, planning endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from utensils at a eating establishment.

"We have to assert ourselves," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their house, the defendant sent a text which said: "We're currently sitting near the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark similar to investigators. I desired to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.