Suspected Harasser Questioned: 'But What If I Could Be Madeleine?'

A female accused with harassing Kate McCann apparently recorded her a phone message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial charged 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 logged Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over that period.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

One voicemail, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm fat and plain like Madeleine had been, but I believe what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am Madeleine? Then what? Wouldn't that be crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I have a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to know," she added.

The panel was advised that by means of electronic messages, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a effort to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, a data specialist with law enforcement who collated the evidence, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to family friends of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, the father answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I won't give up and I will prove my claim."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a connection online with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a visit to the McCanns' property in the county in last December.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had communicated through messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the time preceding the trip to Rothley, that area, in that winter.

The court heard communications between the two individuals, in last November, discussing trying to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from utensils at a restaurant.

"We have to make a stand," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their house, the defendant transmitted a text which expressed: "We are sitting near the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark resembling investigators. I had hoped to accomplish this with someone else I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case continues.