Alleged Stalker Asked: 'However What If I Could Be Madeleine?'
A woman charged with stalking Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the tribunal was told phone records and data retrieved from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during that period.
Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most widely reported missing child cases and continues to be unresolved.
'I Don't Want Money'
One voicemail, presented in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm heavy and plain 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 said: "Imagine there is a tiny probability that I'm her? What then? Is that not important for you?"
"I don't want money, I possess a life here in Poland, I just want to know," the recording stated.
The panel was informed that by means of electronic messages, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a bid to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and claimed to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.
An intelligence analyst, an investigator with Leicestershire Police who gathered the evidence, told the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore contacted close associates of the McCanns, based on the call data.
On that date, the father responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "the wrong phone."
That day Ms Wandelt deposited a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I won't give up and I plan to establish my point."
The court heard the co-defendant established a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' property in that area in last December.
Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be considered genuine in the time preceding the appearance to Rothley, Leicestershire, in last December.
The court heard message exchanges between the two accused, in last November, planning attempting to get Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her trash or from utensils at a restaurant.
"We have to assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.
On the evening of the visit to their home, Mrs Spragg sent a message which stated: "We're currently sat near the McCanns' house with our headlights off similar to detectives. I wanted to accomplish this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."
The case ongoing.