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A individual indicted with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court heard call records and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt persistently asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported missing child cases and is still open.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate recorded message, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I understand I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I feel."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording said: "Suppose there is a slight possibility that I am she? What happens next? Is that not crucial for you?"

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

The panel was told that by means of electronic messages, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a effort to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who collated the data, told the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On 9 October 2024, Gerry McCann picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "a wrong number."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will continue and I plan to establish my position."

The court learned the co-defendant struck up a association via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in last December.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had communicated using communication app to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be treated respectfully in the period before the appearance to that location, that area, in last December.

The court was told communications between the two accused, in that autumn, considering attempting to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a dining venue.

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

On the evening of the appearance to their home, the defendant transmitted a communication which said: "We are sat adjacent to the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark resembling detectives. I wanted to achieve this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.