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A female charged with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which posed: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has repeatedly asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal heard call records and information recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during that period.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most covered investigations and remains unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I know what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am she? What then? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I have a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the message continued.

The panel was advised that through electronic messages, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who gathered the evidence, informed the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also reached out to close associates of the McCanns, as per the phone records.

On that date, Mr McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will persist and I will prove my point."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in the county in December 2024.

Call logs demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the time preceding the visit to the village, Leicestershire, in that winter.

The court heard correspondence between the two individuals, in that autumn, planning attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from utensils at a dining venue.

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

On the occasion of the visit to their house, the defendant sent a message which expressed: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out resembling private investigators. I desired to achieve this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.