Accused Harasser Asked: 'However Imagine I Could Be Madeleine?'
A individual indicted with harassing Kate McCann apparently deposited her a phone message which asked: "suppose I am Madeleine?"
Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who a jury heard has persistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.
On Monday, the tribunal was told phone records and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test during that period.
Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most covered missing child cases and remains open.
'I Am Not Seeking Money'
Another voicemail, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt saying: "I know I'm fat and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I believe."
While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's recording said: "What if there is a tiny probability that I am she? What happens next? Wouldn't that be significant for you?"
"I don't want money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I just want to know," she added.
The panel was advised that by means of electronic messages, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, sent youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to show a resemblance to Mrs McCann's vanished daughter, and stated to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, an investigator with the police force who gathered the evidence, informed the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt also communicated with close associates of the McCanns, according to the call data.
On 9 October 2024, the father picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "the wrong phone."
That day Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I won't give up and I will prove my point."
The court heard Mrs Spragg established a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a trip to the McCanns' property in that area in December 2024.
Call logs showed Mrs Spragg had reached out via messaging service to Mrs McCann to state the news outlets had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the trip to that location, Leicestershire, in December 2024.
The court learned communications between the two defendants, in last November, planning endeavoring to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from utensils at a dining venue.
"We have to take action," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.
On the evening of the trip to their residence, the defendant sent a communication which said: "We are sitting outside the McCanns' house with our lights out resembling detectives. I desired to accomplish this with someone else I never thought I would be doing that with the McCanns."
The case ongoing.
