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A individual charged with stalking Kate McCann allegedly left her a voicemail message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who a jury heard has persistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal heard communication data and data retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported child disappearance cases and remains open.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate voicemail, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm fat and plain like Madeleine had been, but I know what I believe."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "What if there is a small chance that I'm her? What then? Is that not significant for you?"

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

The panel was advised that by means of electronic messages, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a DNA test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with law enforcement who collated the evidence, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with close associates of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On that date, Gerry McCann answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I will continue and I will prove my position."

The court heard the co-defendant established a connection online with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in December 2024.

Call logs showed Mrs Spragg had reached out via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the time before the appearance to the village, the county, in last December.

The court heard message exchanges between the two individuals, in last November, considering attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from cutlery at a dining venue.

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

On the night of the trip to their home, the defendant transmitted a message which said: "We're currently sat adjacent to the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark similar to investigators. I desired to achieve this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.