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A woman accused with stalking Kate McCann apparently recorded her a recorded message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has consistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the court was told call records and evidence recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most covered missing child cases and is still unresolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One recorded message, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine had been, but I know what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail expressed: "What if there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? Then what? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

"I do not need money, I maintain a life here in Poland, I just want to know," the recording stated.

The jury was advised that via electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, sent early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who compiled the evidence, informed the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, as per the call data.

On 9 October 2024, the father responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."

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

The court learned the co-defendant established a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in that winter.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had contacted through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the visit to Rothley, that area, in that winter.

The court heard communications between the two individuals, in last November, considering trying to get Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from cutlery at a restaurant.

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

On the evening of the visit to their home, the defendant sent a message which said: "We are sat adjacent to the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark resembling detectives. I wanted to do this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial continues.