Alleged Stalker Asked: 'But What If I Am Madeleine?'

A woman indicted with stalking Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a recorded message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has repeatedly asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the tribunal learned call records and evidence obtained from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test over that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most publicized missing child cases and remains unsolved.

'I Do Not Need Money'

A separate voicemail, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine was, but I feel what I know."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Suppose there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What then? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I do not need money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to know," the recording stated.

The panel was advised that through electronic messages, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a biological test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a bid to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an intelligence analyst with the police force who collated the information, told the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted close associates of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On October 9th, 2024, the father picked up a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I will continue and I will prove my position."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg developed a association online with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in December 2024.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated through communication app 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 preceding the trip to the village, that area, in that winter.

The court was told message exchanges between the two defendants, in November 2024, considering attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from cutlery at a eating establishment.

"We need to make a stand," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the trip to their home, Mrs Spragg transmitted a message which stated: "We find ourselves sitting near the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark resembling private investigators. I desired to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.