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A individual accused with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a recorded message which posed: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal was told call records and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most publicized child disappearance cases and continues to be unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate voicemail, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine was, but I know what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording said: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I am she? Then what? Is that not important for you?"

"I do not need money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to know," the recording stated.

The tribunal was informed that via emails, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, transmitted youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, a data specialist with law enforcement who gathered the information, told the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with close associates of the McCanns, based on the call data.

On that date, Gerry McCann responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

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

The court heard the co-defendant established a connection online with Ms Wandelt before accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in that area in that winter.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted via messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be treated respectfully in the period leading up to the appearance to that location, Leicestershire, in that winter.

The court was told message exchanges between the two individuals, in that autumn, planning endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from silverware at a dining venue.

"We need to take action," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the trip to their residence, the defendant sent a communication which said: "We find ourselves sat near the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark similar to investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with someone else I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The trial continues.