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A female charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges accused with pursuing 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 recorded Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most covered missing child cases and remains open.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

Another recorded message, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine was, but I feel what I believe."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "What if there is a slight possibility that I am she? What then? Is that not important for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a living here in Poland, I only wish to understand," she added.

The tribunal was advised that through emails, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a DNA test, sent early photographs to her phone in a effort to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who collated the information, advised the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.

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

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my claim."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a relationship online with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in that area in last December.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the time before the appearance to Rothley, the county, in December 2024.

The court learned correspondence between the two individuals, in last November, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from utensils at a eating establishment.

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

On the evening of the appearance to their home, the defendant transmitted a message which expressed: "We find ourselves sitting outside the McCanns' house with our lights out similar to detectives. I desired to do this with someone else I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.