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A female indicted with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a recorded message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, the tribunal heard communication data and information recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a biological test over 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported child disappearance cases and continues to be unresolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

Another voicemail, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I believe what I believe."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a living here in Poland, I just want to know," the message continued.

The panel was advised that by means of emails, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a effort to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with the police force who collated the evidence, told the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted family friends of the McCanns, as per the call data.

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court learned Mrs Spragg developed a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in that winter.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted through messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the period leading up to the visit to that location, the county, in last December.

The court was told communications between the two defendants, in last November, planning trying to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

"We have to assert ourselves," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their home, the defendant sent a message which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out resembling detectives. I had hoped to accomplish this with another person I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The case continues.