Suspected Stalker Inquired: 'However What If I Might Be Madeleine?'
A individual accused with harassing Kate McCann apparently recorded her a phone message which questioned: "suppose I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has repeatedly claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned phone records and data obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during the past two years.
Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most publicized child disappearance cases and continues to be unresolved.
'I Am Not Seeking Money'
A separate phone message, presented in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I know."
While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am she? What happens next? Wouldn't that be important for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I only wish to discover," the message continued.
The tribunal was told that by means of emails, mobile messages and calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded early photographs to her phone in a effort to show a similarity to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with the police force who collated the information, told the court there "seemed to lack any responses" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt also communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.
On 9 October 2024, the father answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."
During that incident Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I will persist and I will prove my claim."
The court learned Mrs Spragg struck up a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to accompanying her on a appearance to the McCanns' home in Leicestershire in December 2024.
Communication data showed Mrs Spragg had reached out using communication app to Mrs McCann to state the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be treated respectfully in the time before the trip to the village, Leicestershire, in December 2024.
The court heard communications between the two defendants, in that autumn, planning attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from cutlery at a dining venue.
"We need to assert ourselves," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.
On the occasion of the trip to their residence, the defendant dispatched a communication which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' house with our vehicle dark similar to private investigators. I desired to do this with Peter Andrew I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."
The case ongoing.
