Accused Stalker Inquired: 'But What If I Am Madeleine?'

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

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has consistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told phone records and information obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is among the most publicized child disappearance cases and remains open.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another voicemail, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I believe."

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

"I don't want money, I possess a life here in Poland, I just want to know," she added.

The tribunal was informed that by means of emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an intelligence analyst with the police force who compiled the evidence, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I will persist and I plan to establish my position."

The court heard the co-defendant struck up a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in that winter.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had reached out via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the months leading up to the appearance to that location, that area, in December 2024.

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

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

On the night of the trip to their residence, Mrs Spragg sent a message which stated: "We find ourselves sitting adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out like private investigators. I desired to accomplish this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings proceeds.