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A female charged with stalking Kate McCann reportedly recorded her a recorded message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has persistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal was told call records and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is among the most covered child disappearance cases and continues to be open.

'I Don't Want Money'

One recorded message, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I believe what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail expressed: "Suppose there is a small chance that I'm her? What then? Isn't that significant for you?"

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

The panel was advised that through emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a biological test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

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

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

On that date, the father responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "a wrong number."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will persist and I plan to establish my claim."

The court learned the co-defendant established a association online with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a trip to the McCanns' home in that area in that winter.

Call logs revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted using communication app to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be taken seriously in the months leading up to the trip to that location, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told communications between the two individuals, in that autumn, planning attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from utensils at a dining venue.

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

On the evening of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg dispatched a communication which expressed: "We're currently sat adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out similar to private investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with someone else I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.