Alleged Harasser Asked: 'But Suppose I Could Be Madeleine?'
A woman indicted with pursuing Kate McCann apparently recorded her a phone message which asked: "imagine I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently declared 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 tribunal was told communication data and information retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.
Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three 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 saying: "I understand I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I believe."
While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording said: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? Then what? Isn't that important for you?"
"I don't want money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I just want to know," the message continued.
The jury was informed that by means of electronic messages, text messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, transmitted youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, a data specialist with the police force who collated the evidence, advised the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.
On that date, Gerry McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."
That day Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will persist and I intend to demonstrate my position."
The court heard the co-defendant established a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding assisting her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in Leicestershire in December 2024.
Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the news outlets had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "emotionally disturbed" but that she ought to be taken seriously in the period preceding the appearance to Rothley, Leicestershire, in December 2024.
The court learned correspondence between the two individuals, in November 2024, planning attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from cutlery at a dining venue.
"We need to make a stand," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.
On the night of the trip to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a message which expressed: "We are sitting adjacent to the McCanns' house with our headlights off resembling private investigators. I desired to accomplish this with someone else I hadn't anticipated I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The case ongoing.
