Alleged Stalker Questioned: 'Yet What If I Am Madeleine?'

A individual indicted with pursuing Kate McCann apparently left her a voicemail message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court learned call records and evidence obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most covered investigations and is still unsolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

One voicemail, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I know what I believe."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I am Madeleine? What then? Wouldn't that be crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the message continued.

The tribunal was advised that via electronic messages, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who collated the information, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also communicated with family friends of the McCanns, based on the call data.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my position."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg developed a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in December 2024.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be considered genuine in the time preceding the visit to that location, the county, in last December.

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

"We have to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg dispatched a message which said: "We find ourselves sat outside the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark resembling private investigators. I desired to do this with another person I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The case proceeds.