Alleged Harasser Inquired: 'However Suppose I Am Madeleine?'
A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a recorded message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has persistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the tribunal learned communication data and data recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout that period.
Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most publicized missing child cases and remains unresolved.
'I Do Not Need Money'
A separate phone message, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I know."
While another instance of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "What if there is a tiny probability that I am she? Then what? Is that not crucial for you?"
"I don't want money, I possess a life here in Poland, I just want to understand," the message continued.
The tribunal was told that by means of emails, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a bid to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with the police force who collated the information, advised the court there "seemed to lack any answers" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with close associates of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.
On that date, Gerry McCann picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."
That day Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I will continue and I plan to establish my point."
The court was informed Mrs Spragg struck up a association via internet with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in last December.
Call logs demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated via messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she deserved to be considered genuine in the months leading up to the visit to that location, that area, in that winter.
The court was told correspondence between the two accused, in November 2024, considering trying to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her garbage or from utensils at a eating establishment.
"We need to make a stand," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.
On the occasion of the visit to their residence, Mrs Spragg sent a message which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out resembling detectives. I had hoped to achieve this with someone else I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The case continues.
