Suspected Stalker Inquired: 'But Imagine I Might Be Madeleine?'

Courtroom sketch
Karen Spragg - who a court has heard claims she is disappeared Madeleine McCann - contest the accusations

A individual charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly deposited her a voicemail message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly declared she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are facing charges indicted with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

Madeleine McCann photo
Madeleine McCann's case has not yet been resolved

On Monday, the tribunal learned phone records and evidence recovered from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test during the past two years.

Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most publicized investigations and is still unsolved.

'I Don't Want Money'

A separate voicemail, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt saying: "I realize I'm heavy and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I believe."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail said: "What if there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? What happens next? Isn't that important for you?"

"I am not seeking money, I possess a living here in Poland, I just want to know," the recording stated.

The jury was advised that through emails, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, forwarded youth pictures to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a youth with the McCanns.

An intelligence analyst, an intelligence analyst with the police force who collated the information, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.

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

During that incident Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I will continue and I plan to establish my point."

Court proceedings
Kate and Gerry McCann testified to the court from protected by a protective barrier on Wednesday

The court was informed the co-defendant developed a association online with Ms Wandelt preceding accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' residence in the county in last December.

Phone records demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted via communication app to Mrs McCann to state the media had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be considered genuine in the period before the trip to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court heard correspondence between the two individuals, in that autumn, considering attempting to get Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her garbage or from cutlery at a dining venue.

"We need to take action," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the night of the visit to their house, the defendant transmitted a message which stated: "We find ourselves sat adjacent to the McCanns' house with our headlights off similar to investigators. I had hoped to accomplish this with someone else I never thought I would be engaged in this with the McCanns."

The trial ongoing.

Randy Turner
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