Alleged Harasser Questioned: 'But Imagine I Could Be Madeleine?'

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

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has persistently declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned call records and data obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test during the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is among the most covered investigations and is still open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another phone message, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm heavy and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I know."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "What if there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," she added.

The tribunal was advised that through electronic messages, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who collated the information, informed the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

On 9 October 2024, Gerry McCann picked up a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

That day Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' residence in that area in that winter.

Call logs showed Mrs Spragg had contacted through messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be considered genuine in the time leading up to the trip to that location, that area, in that winter.

The court was told message exchanges between the two defendants, in November 2024, discussing trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.

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

On the occasion of the trip to their home, the defendant dispatched a communication which stated: "We're currently sitting adjacent to the McCanns' home with our headlights off like detectives. I had hoped to achieve this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.