Accused Stalker Inquired: 'However Suppose I Might Be Madeleine?'
A female indicted with stalking Kate McCann apparently deposited her a phone message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has repeatedly asserted she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.
On Monday, the court learned phone records and information obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout that period.
Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most publicized investigations and continues to be open.
'I Am Not Seeking Money'
A separate phone message, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I believe."
While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I am she? Then what? Isn't that important for you?"
"I don't want money, I possess a living here in Poland, I only wish to know," she added.
The jury was informed that by means of electronic messages, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who gathered the evidence, advised the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted family friends of the McCanns, based on the phone records.
On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."
That day Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I will persist and I plan to establish my claim."
The court was informed the co-defendant developed a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in Leicestershire in that winter.
Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period before the appearance to that location, the county, in that winter.
The court heard communications between the two accused, in last November, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from utensils at a eating establishment.
"We have to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.
On the evening of the visit to their home, Mrs Spragg sent a message which said: "We are sitting adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out like private investigators. I wanted to achieve this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."
The case ongoing.