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A female accused with pursuing Kate McCann apparently left her a voicemail message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has persistently declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told call records and data recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout that period.

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

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One voicemail, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I feel."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am she? What then? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to discover," the message continued.

The jury was informed that through emails, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a attempt to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who collated the data, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also reached out to family friends of the McCanns, as per the phone records.

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

That day Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg established a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in last December.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated using messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the months preceding the visit to that location, that area, in that winter.

The court learned message exchanges between the two individuals, in November 2024, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from utensils at a restaurant.

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

On the evening of the trip to their residence, Mrs Spragg transmitted a communication which stated: "We're currently positioned adjacent to the McCanns' home with our headlights off similar to private investigators. I desired to do this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial proceeds.