Alleged Stalker Questioned: 'Yet Suppose I Might Be Madeleine?'

A individual indicted with harassing Kate McCann apparently left her a recorded message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who a jury heard has persistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial accused with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.

On Monday, Leicester Crown Court learned phone records and evidence obtained from phones logged Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test over the past two years.

Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is one of the most publicized investigations and is still unresolved.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One voicemail, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm overweight and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I believe."

While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "Suppose there is a small chance that I am she? Then what? Wouldn't that be important for you?"

"I don't want money, I possess a life here in Poland, I simply desire to know," she added.

The panel was told that by means of emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, sent early photographs to her phone in a effort to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.

Robert Jones, a data specialist with law enforcement who gathered the information, told the court there "didn't appear to be any responses" from Mrs McCann.

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

On 9 October 2024, Gerry McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's recording declaring "I won't give up and I plan to establish my point."

The court learned the co-defendant developed a relationship online with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a visit to the McCanns' property in that area in last December.

Call logs showed Mrs Spragg had contacted using communication app to Mrs McCann to state the press had depicted Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be taken seriously in the months leading up to the appearance to Rothley, that area, in that winter.

The court heard correspondence between the two individuals, in last November, discussing attempting to acquire Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her trash or from utensils at a dining venue.

"We have to assert ourselves," the co-defendant told Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the visit to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a message which said: "We find ourselves positioned adjacent to the McCanns' residence with our headlights off similar to private investigators. I desired to do this with Peter Andrew I hadn't anticipated I would be doing that with the McCanns."

The proceedings ongoing.