Accused Harasser Asked: 'However Suppose I Might Be Madeleine?'
A individual charged with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly left her a voicemail message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.
On Monday, the court heard phone records and information obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test over that period.
Madeleine's case in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most covered missing child cases and is still unresolved.
'I Do Not Need Money'
A separate voicemail, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I feel."
While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Imagine there is a small chance that I'm her? What then? Isn't that significant for you?"
"I don't want money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I simply desire to know," the recording stated.
The jury was informed that through electronic messages, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a bid to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.
The investigator, a data specialist with law enforcement who gathered the evidence, informed the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to close associates of the McCanns, based on the phone records.
On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann answered a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."
During that incident Ms Wandelt recorded a message on Mrs McCann's recording stating "I won't give up and I will prove my point."
The court was informed Mrs Spragg developed a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt before assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in that area in last December.
Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be considered genuine in the time before the trip to Rothley, the county, in December 2024.
The court learned message exchanges between the two defendants, in November 2024, discussing endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from silverware at a eating establishment.
"We need to make a stand," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.
On the evening of the visit to their home, the defendant sent a communication which expressed: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' house with our lights out resembling investigators. I had hoped to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."
The proceedings continues.
