Accused Stalker Asked: 'However Suppose I Could Be Madeleine?'
A individual accused with pursuing Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"
Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are facing charges charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February the current year.
On Monday, the court learned communication data and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over the past two years.
Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most publicized missing child cases and continues to be open.
'I Don't Want Money'
One phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I feel."
While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "Imagine there is a slight possibility that I am Madeleine? What happens next? Is that not significant for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I have a existence here in Poland, I only wish to understand," the message continued.
The panel was informed that by means of electronic messages, SMS messages and communications, Ms Wandelt demanded a biological test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a effort to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, a data specialist with the police force who collated the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore reached out to close associates of the McCanns, according to the call data.
On 9 October 2024, Mr McCann answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."
On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my position."
The court learned the co-defendant developed a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' residence in that area in that winter.
Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had communicated via communication app to Mrs McCann to say the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she deserved to be taken seriously in the time before the appearance to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.
The court learned correspondence between the two individuals, in that autumn, discussing trying to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from utensils at a restaurant.
"We have to take action," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.
On the evening of the visit to their residence, Mrs Spragg sent a communication which stated: "We're currently sat adjacent to the McCanns' home with our headlights off similar to detectives. I desired to do this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."
The trial ongoing.
