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

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has consistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal heard phone records and information recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is among the most widely reported child disappearance cases and is still unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine was, but I believe what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What then? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

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

The jury was told that via electronic messages, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, a data specialist with law enforcement who collated the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the call data.

On that date, Gerry McCann responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

That day Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court was informed the co-defendant established a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a visit to the McCanns' residence in the county in last December.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the trip to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard communications between the two accused, in November 2024, planning attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from silverware at a eating establishment.

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

On the occasion of the visit to their residence, the defendant sent a message which expressed: "We are positioned outside the McCanns' house with our headlights off like private investigators. I had hoped to accomplish this with another person I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial continues.