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A individual indicted with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a recorded message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court heard phone records and evidence recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt consistently asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is among the most covered investigations and continues to be unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate recorded message, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm heavy and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I feel what I believe."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording said: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am she? Then what? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

"I don't want money, I possess a living here in Poland, I only wish to know," she added.

The tribunal was advised that via electronic messages, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted youth pictures to her phone in a bid to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an investigator with the police force who collated the data, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted close associates of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.

On 9 October 2024, Gerry McCann responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will continue and I plan to establish my claim."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in last December.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out via communication app to Mrs McCann to say the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the months preceding the appearance to the village, the county, in that winter.

The court heard communications between the two individuals, in that autumn, planning trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from utensils at a restaurant.

"We have to take action," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the trip to their residence, the defendant sent a message which said: "We find ourselves sat outside the McCanns' home with our headlights off resembling investigators. I had hoped to accomplish this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.