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A individual indicted with stalking Kate McCann apparently left her a voicemail message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently declared she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court heard call records and evidence obtained from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most publicized child disappearance cases and is still unsolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One voicemail, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine was, but I believe what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "What if there is a small chance that I am she? What happens next? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a living here in Poland, I just want to discover," the recording stated.

The jury was advised that through electronic messages, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with law enforcement who collated the information, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the call data.

On that date, Gerry McCann picked up a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I won't give up and I will prove my position."

The court heard Mrs Spragg established a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in the county in December 2024.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be considered genuine in the period preceding the trip to that location, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court learned correspondence between the two individuals, in November 2024, considering trying to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from silverware at a dining venue.

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

On the occasion of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg dispatched a text which expressed: "We're currently positioned outside the McCanns' home with our headlights off like investigators. I wanted to do this with another person I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.