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A woman accused with harassing Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a recorded message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has repeatedly claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and data recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test over 2023 and 2024.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported child disappearance cases and remains open.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate recorded message, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm heavy and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I know what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I'm her? What then? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

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

The panel was told that via electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with the police force who compiled the data, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally contacted acquaintances of the McCanns, as per the phone records.

On that date, the father answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I will persist and I will prove my position."

The court was informed the co-defendant established a relationship online with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in that winter.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted through messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the period before the trip to Rothley, that area, in December 2024.

The court heard correspondence between the two accused, in that autumn, discussing endeavoring to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We need to take action," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the appearance to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a message which said: "We're currently sat near the McCanns' house with our lights out like investigators. I wanted to achieve this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The case ongoing.