Suspected Stalker Inquired: 'However Imagine I Might Be Madeleine?'

A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann allegedly left her a voicemail message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has persistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told communication data and evidence obtained from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported child disappearance cases and continues to be open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

A separate phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine had been, but I know what I know."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What then? Wouldn't that be crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I have a life here in Poland, I only wish to discover," the message continued.

The tribunal was told that by means of electronic messages, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a bid to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, an investigator with law enforcement who compiled the data, informed the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the call data.

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I won't give up and I plan to establish my position."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg struck up a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in that area in December 2024.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the months before the trip to Rothley, that area, in December 2024.

The court learned message exchanges between the two defendants, in that autumn, planning attempting to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from silverware at a dining venue.

"We need to take action," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their residence, the defendant sent a communication which stated: "We're currently positioned near the McCanns' house with our lights out similar to detectives. I wanted to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.