Accused Stalker Questioned: 'But Suppose I Am Madeleine?'

A female accused with harassing Kate McCann reportedly recorded her a phone message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who witnesses stated has repeatedly claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges indicted with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned phone records and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly asking Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during the past two years.

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

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate phone message, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"

"I don't want money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to know," the message continued.

The jury was advised that by means of emails, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a DNA test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who collated the data, advised the court there "seemed to lack any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted close associates of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."

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

The court heard the co-defendant established a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in that winter.

Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had reached out using messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the time before the appearance to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court was told message exchanges between the two individuals, in November 2024, planning endeavoring to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from silverware at a eating establishment.

"We need to assert ourselves," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the trip to their residence, the defendant sent a communication which expressed: "We're currently positioned adjacent to the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark like private investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case proceeds.