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

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has repeatedly asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court was told phone records and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over 2023 and 2024.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

Another voicemail, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I know what I know."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"

"I don't want money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I only wish to know," the message continued.

The panel was informed that by means of emails, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who gathered the evidence, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also contacted family friends of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On 9 October 2024, the father answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "the wrong phone."

That day Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court learned the co-defendant established a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had contacted using messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be taken seriously in the time preceding the visit to Rothley, Leicestershire, in that winter.

The court learned communications between the two individuals, in last November, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a dining venue.

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

On the night of the trip to their home, the defendant sent a communication which said: "We're currently sat near the McCanns' home with our lights out like detectives. I had hoped to achieve this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.