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A woman accused with stalking Kate McCann allegedly left her a voicemail message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who a jury heard has repeatedly asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the court learned phone records and evidence retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout that period.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

Another phone message, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I believe what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording said: "What if there is a slight possibility that I am she? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a life here in Poland, I just want to understand," the message continued.

The panel was informed that through electronic messages, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a DNA test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who compiled the evidence, told the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with close associates of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "the wrong phone."

That day Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I won't give up and I plan to establish my claim."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg developed a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in that area in last December.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated through messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be considered genuine in the period leading up to the visit to that location, that area, in last December.

The court learned communications between the two accused, in November 2024, considering attempting to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from silverware at a dining venue.

"We must make a stand," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the trip to their residence, the defendant dispatched a text which expressed: "We find ourselves positioned near the McCanns' house with our lights out like detectives. I desired to accomplish this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.