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

Julia Wandelt, 24, who a jury heard has consistently declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the court learned call records and information recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most covered investigations and is still unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

Another recorded message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I believe what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Imagine there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? What then? Is that not important for you?"

"I don't want money, I have a living here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," the message continued.

The jury was told that via electronic messages, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a effort to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who gathered the information, told the court there "seemed to lack any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with close associates of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will persist and I will prove my position."

The court learned Mrs Spragg struck up a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a visit to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in last December.

Call logs revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be considered genuine in the months before the appearance to Rothley, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told message exchanges between the two accused, in that autumn, considering trying to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from utensils at a eating establishment.

"We need to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their residence, Mrs Spragg dispatched a text which expressed: "We find ourselves sitting near the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark like investigators. I wanted to do this with another person I didn't imagine I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.