Alleged Stalker Inquired: 'But Suppose I Could Be Madeleine?'
A individual accused with stalking Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a recorded message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the tribunal heard phone records and information obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test over the past two years.
Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported child disappearance cases and is still unsolved.
'I Don't Want Money'
Another phone message, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm heavy and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I believe what I feel."
While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I am she? What then? Isn't that important for you?"
"I don't want money, I have a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," she added.
The tribunal was informed that by means of electronic messages, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, sent early photographs to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who compiled the information, told the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt additionally communicated with close associates of the McCanns, based on the call data.
On 9 October 2024, Gerry McCann picked up a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."
That day Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone declaring "I will continue and I intend to demonstrate my point."
The court heard Mrs Spragg developed a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in that area in that winter.
Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had contacted using communication app to Mrs McCann to express the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the time before the appearance to Rothley, Leicestershire, in that winter.
The court was told correspondence between the two accused, in last November, discussing attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her bins or from silverware at a dining venue.
"We need to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg informed Ms Wandelt.
On the evening of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg transmitted a communication which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark like private investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with another person I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."
The proceedings continues.
