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A female accused with harassing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a phone message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court was told communication data and data obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout that period.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported missing child cases and remains unsolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

A separate phone message, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I know I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I feel what I believe."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? Then what? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a life here in Poland, I just want to know," she added.

The panel was told that by means of electronic messages, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent early photographs to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and stated to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.

The investigator, a data specialist with law enforcement who gathered the data, told the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also communicated with close associates of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.

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

On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my point."

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a association via internet with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a visit to the McCanns' property in the county in that winter.

Call logs revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to say the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she should be considered genuine in the time preceding the trip to the village, the county, in December 2024.

The court was told message exchanges between the two accused, in that autumn, discussing endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from silverware at a restaurant.

"We have to make a stand," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the visit to their home, Mrs Spragg transmitted a text which stated: "We find ourselves positioned outside the McCanns' house with our lights out similar to private investigators. I had hoped to achieve this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.