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A woman accused with pursuing Kate McCann apparently left her a phone message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who witnesses stated has repeatedly claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the court was told call records and data obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test during 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most publicized investigations and remains open.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate recorded message, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I believe what I believe."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What then? Isn't that crucial for you?"

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

The jury was informed that through emails, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a biological test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with the police force who collated the data, told the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the phone records.

On 9 October 2024, Gerry McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "the wrong phone."

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will persist and I plan to establish my position."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a visit to the McCanns' home in that area in that winter.

Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out through communication app to Mrs McCann to say the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the period preceding the visit to Rothley, the county, in that winter.

The court was told correspondence between the two accused, in last November, considering attempting to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from utensils at a restaurant.

"We have to take action," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg dispatched a communication which expressed: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out resembling private investigators. I desired to achieve this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.