Accused Stalker Asked: 'However Imagine I Am Madeleine?'
A woman accused with harassing Kate McCann allegedly deposited her a recorded message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"
Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the court was told phone records and evidence retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test during 2023 and 2024.
Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most publicized investigations and continues to be unresolved.
'I Don't Want Money'
Another phone message, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm fat and plain like Madeleine was, but I believe what I feel."
While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail stated: "Suppose there is a slight possibility that I'm her? Then what? Is that not significant for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I just want to understand," the message continued.
The panel was told that via electronic messages, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a youth with the McCanns.
The investigator, an investigator with the police force who collated the information, told the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt additionally contacted close associates of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.
On 9 October 2024, the father answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "a wrong number."
On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I won't give up and I plan to establish my position."
The court was informed Mrs Spragg struck up a connection via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' residence in that area in last December.
Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be treated respectfully in the months preceding the visit to that location, that area, in last December.
The court heard message exchanges between the two accused, in November 2024, planning attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's genetic material from her bins or from utensils at a dining venue.
"We need to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.
On the occasion of the appearance to their house, the defendant sent a message which said: "We find ourselves positioned near the McCanns' residence with our lights out like detectives. I desired to achieve this with another person I didn't imagine I would be doing that with the McCanns."
The proceedings ongoing.
