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A woman accused with harassing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a phone message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court heard communication data and information recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test over 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported missing child cases and remains unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate voicemail, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I know."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I am she? Then what? Is that not significant for you?"

"I don't want money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I just want to understand," the message continued.

The panel was informed that by means of emails, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, a data specialist with the police force who collated the information, advised the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also reached out to close associates of the McCanns, based on the call data.

On October 9th, 2024, the father responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."

That day Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I will continue and I will prove my point."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in last December.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted via messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the months leading up to the appearance to that location, Leicestershire, in that winter.

The court heard communications between the two accused, in that autumn, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her garbage or from utensils at a dining venue.

"We must take action," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a text which said: "We find ourselves sitting outside the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark like investigators. I desired to accomplish this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial proceeds.