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

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has consistently claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court was told call records and information obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most widely reported missing child cases and is still open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One recorded message, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "What if there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What then? Is that not crucial for you?"

"I don't want money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I only wish to know," she added.

The tribunal was advised that through emails, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a bid to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with Leicestershire Police who collated the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.

On 9 October 2024, the father picked up a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "the wrong phone."

During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my claim."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg established a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a trip to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the months before the trip to Rothley, Leicestershire, in that winter.

The court learned correspondence between the two accused, in that autumn, considering trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from utensils at a dining venue.

"We need to take action," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the trip to their residence, Mrs Spragg transmitted a communication which said: "We're currently sat adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out resembling private investigators. I wanted to achieve this with another person I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.