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A individual accused with pursuing Kate McCann allegedly recorded her a voicemail message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, 24, who a jury heard has repeatedly declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the tribunal was told communication data and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a vacation in Portugal - is one of the most publicized missing child cases and continues to be unresolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

Another recorded message, shared in court, recorded Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I know what I believe."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's monologues with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "What if there is a small chance that I am she? What then? Isn't that crucial for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a life here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," the message continued.

The tribunal was informed that via emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt requested a DNA test, transmitted youth pictures to her phone in a attempt to demonstrate a similarity to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "memories" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, an investigator with the police force who compiled the data, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt also reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, based on the call data.

On that date, Mr McCann answered a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "incorrect contact information."

That day Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail declaring "I won't give up and I plan to establish my claim."

The court was informed Mrs Spragg established a relationship through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to assisting her on a trip to the McCanns' property in the county in that winter.

Call logs showed Mrs Spragg had contacted via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to express the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the time leading up to the visit to the village, that area, in last December.

The court was told message exchanges between the two individuals, in that autumn, planning attempting to get Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from utensils at a dining venue.

"We need to assert ourselves," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.

On the occasion of the appearance to their home, the defendant dispatched a text which stated: "We are sat near the McCanns' residence with our vehicle dark like investigators. I desired to accomplish this with someone else I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."

The proceedings continues.