Suspected Harasser Asked: 'However Suppose I Could Be Madeleine?'
A individual accused with stalking Kate McCann apparently recorded her a recorded message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"
Julia Wandelt, 24, who court testimony revealed has persistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.
On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned communication data and evidence recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over that period.
Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most covered child disappearance cases and is still unresolved.
'I Am Not Seeking Money'
One voicemail, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I know what I believe."
While another instance of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I have a living here in Poland, I only wish to understand," she added.
The jury was advised that by means of electronic messages, text messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a DNA test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a early life with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, an investigator with the police force who collated the data, told the court there "showed no any responses" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to family friends of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.
On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."
During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will persist and I will prove my claim."
The court learned the co-defendant struck up a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' property in that area in December 2024.
Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated via messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period preceding the trip to that location, the county, in last December.
The court heard communications between the two individuals, in November 2024, discussing attempting to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from cutlery at a eating establishment.
"We must make a stand," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.
On the night of the trip to their residence, the defendant dispatched a text which stated: "We find ourselves sitting outside the McCanns' house with our headlights off resembling detectives. I wanted to do this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."
The case continues.
