Accused Stalker Inquired: 'However Suppose I Could Be Madeleine?'
A individual accused with stalking Kate McCann reportedly left her a voicemail message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"
Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who witnesses stated has persistently claimed she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial charged with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February the current year.
On Monday, Leicester Crown Court was told phone records and data retrieved from phones logged Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a DNA test throughout that period.
Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a vacation in Portugal - is considered the most publicized investigations and remains open.
'I Do Not Need Money'
Another voicemail, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm heavy and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I know."
While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's answerphone said: "Suppose there is a slight possibility that I am she? Then what? Isn't that crucial for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I maintain a living here in Poland, I simply desire to understand," she added.
The tribunal was informed that via emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted childhood photos to her phone in a effort to demonstrate a resemblance to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "flashbacks" from a childhood with the McCanns.
Robert Jones, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who collated the evidence, informed the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with acquaintances of the McCanns, according to the communication logs.
On October 9th, 2024, Gerry McCann picked up a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "incorrect contact information."
On that occasion Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will persist and I will prove my point."
The court learned the co-defendant struck up a connection online with Ms Wandelt before accompanying her on a visit to the McCanns' property in the county in last December.
Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out via WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the period preceding the appearance to that location, that area, in last December.
The court heard communications between the two accused, in last November, considering trying to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her garbage or from utensils at a eating establishment.
"We must assert ourselves," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.
On the evening of the visit to their residence, Mrs Spragg transmitted a message which said: "We're currently positioned adjacent to the McCanns' home with our lights out like detectives. I had hoped to do this with someone else I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The trial proceeds.
