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A individual indicted with harassing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a phone message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and evidence obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over that period.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording said: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What happens next? Is that not significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to know," she added.

The panel was told that by means of emails, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with the police force who compiled the data, advised the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "a wrong number."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I won't give up and I plan to establish my point."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg developed a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in that winter.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had communicated through messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period preceding the appearance to that location, Leicestershire, in December 2024.

The court learned correspondence between the two individuals, in that autumn, discussing endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a restaurant.

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

On the evening of the trip to their residence, Mrs Spragg sent a text which expressed: "We're currently sitting adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out like private investigators. I desired to accomplish this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.