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A woman accused with pursuing Kate McCann apparently deposited her a voicemail message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.

On Monday, the tribunal was told communication data and evidence obtained from phones documented Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most publicized child disappearance cases and remains open.

'I Do Not Need Money'

One recorded message, presented in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine had been, but I know what I feel."

While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Imagine there is a small chance that I am she? What happens next? Is that not significant for you?"

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

The panel was informed that by means of emails, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a effort to display a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with the police force who compiled the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also contacted close associates of the McCanns, as per the phone records.

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

That day Ms Wandelt left a recording on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will persist and I will prove my position."

The court heard the co-defendant established a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' property in that area in that winter.

Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated via messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the months preceding the visit to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard correspondence between the two defendants, in that autumn, considering attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from cutlery at a restaurant.

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

On the occasion of the appearance to their house, the defendant dispatched a message which said: "We're currently positioned outside the McCanns' home with our headlights off like investigators. I desired to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.