Alleged Stalker Inquired: 'However What If I Am Madeleine?'

A female indicted with harassing Kate McCann apparently left her a phone message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has repeatedly asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and information obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

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

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? Then what? Is that not important for you?"

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

The panel was told that by means of electronic messages, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a biological test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an investigator with the police force who gathered the information, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On that date, Mr McCann answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."

That day Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I will persist and I will prove my claim."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a connection online with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a trip to the McCanns' property in the county in that winter.

Call logs revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the months leading up to the appearance to that location, the county, in that winter.

The court heard message exchanges between the two defendants, in November 2024, discussing attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

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

On the occasion of the appearance to their house, the defendant transmitted a text which said: "We find ourselves sitting near the McCanns' house with our lights out similar to detectives. I had hoped to achieve this with another person I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.