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A individual charged with stalking Kate McCann apparently recorded her a recorded message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned call records and evidence recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most publicized child disappearance cases and continues to be open.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One voicemail, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "What if there is a small chance that I am she? What then? Isn't that significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to understand," the recording stated.

The jury was informed that by means of electronic messages, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who compiled the information, informed the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to close associates of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On that date, Gerry McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will persist and I will prove my claim."

The court heard Mrs Spragg developed a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in the county in last December.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted through communication app to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be taken seriously in the time leading up to the appearance to Rothley, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told communications between the two defendants, in November 2024, discussing endeavoring to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

"We have to make a stand," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg dispatched a text which stated: "We find ourselves sat adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out like detectives. I had hoped to accomplish this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.