Alleged Stalker Asked: 'But Suppose I Could Be Madeleine?'
A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly recorded her a recorded message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"
Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has persistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the tribunal was told call records and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test during 2023 and 2024.
Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is among the most publicized missing child cases and is still unsolved.
'I Do Not Need Money'
Another phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I understand I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I feel."
While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Imagine there is a small chance that I'm her? What then? Is that not crucial for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I have a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," the message continued.
The jury was advised that through emails, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.
The investigator, an investigator with the police force who collated the evidence, told the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the phone records.
On that date, Gerry McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."
During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my position."
The court was informed the co-defendant developed a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' property in that area in December 2024.
Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had contacted using communication app to Mrs McCann to say the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be considered genuine in the period before the visit to the village, that area, in December 2024.
The court heard communications between the two defendants, in that autumn, planning endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from utensils at a restaurant.
"We must assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.
On the night of the appearance to their home, Mrs Spragg sent a message which stated: "We are sat near the McCanns' residence with our headlights off similar to detectives. I had hoped to do this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The case continues.
