Alleged Harasser Questioned: 'Yet Imagine I Might Be Madeleine?'

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

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has consistently declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told phone records and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported child disappearance cases and is still unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

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

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "What if there is a tiny probability that I am Madeleine? What then? Is that not significant for you?"

"I do not need money, I have a life here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the message continued.

The jury was advised that by means of emails, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with the police force who compiled the information, informed the court there "seemed to lack any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court learned Mrs Spragg struck up a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in that area in December 2024.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had contacted through messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be considered genuine in the months preceding the visit to the village, the county, in that winter.

The court learned correspondence between the two individuals, in November 2024, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

"We must assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their residence, the defendant sent a message which said: "We're currently sitting adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark resembling investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with someone else I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial continues.