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A female charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly left her a recorded message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal was told call records and data retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during the past two years.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most covered missing child cases and remains unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

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

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "What if there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? What then? Is that not important for you?"

"I do not need money, I have a life here in Poland, I just want to discover," the message continued.

The tribunal was informed that through emails, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to display a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who compiled the evidence, advised the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court heard the co-defendant developed a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in that area in last December.

Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had depicted Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the period leading up to the appearance to Rothley, that area, in that winter.

The court heard correspondence between the two defendants, in last November, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from cutlery at a restaurant.

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

On the night of the trip to their home, Mrs Spragg dispatched a message which said: "We are positioned adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our headlights off similar to private investigators. I desired to achieve this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial continues.