Accused Stalker Inquired: 'However Suppose I Am Madeleine?'
A individual indicted with stalking Kate McCann allegedly left her a voicemail message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"
Julia Wandelt, 24, who witnesses stated has persistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.
On Monday, the tribunal heard call records and information recovered from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over that period.
Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is among the most publicized child disappearance cases and continues to be unsolved.
'I Don't Want Money'
One voicemail, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I know."
While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's answerphone expressed: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? What happens next? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"
"I do not need money, I have a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," she added.
The jury was advised that by means of emails, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a effort to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.
An intelligence analyst, an investigator with the police force who collated the data, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted family friends of the McCanns, based on the call data.
On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann responded to a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."
During that incident Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will persist and I plan to establish my point."
The court learned Mrs Spragg developed a association online with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in last December.
Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had reached out through messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the months leading up to the visit to Rothley, that area, in last December.
The court heard message exchanges between the two defendants, in November 2024, planning trying to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from cutlery at a restaurant.
"We need to take action," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.
On the occasion of the trip to their residence, the defendant sent a message which stated: "We find ourselves sat near the McCanns' home with our vehicle dark similar to detectives. I had hoped to achieve this with another person I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."
The case continues.
