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A woman charged with harassing Kate McCann reportedly left her a phone message which questioned: "what if I am Madeleine?"

The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has repeatedly claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial charged with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year.

On Monday, the court learned communication data and information recovered from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout that period.

Madeleine's case in 2007 - when she was three years old during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most widely reported investigations and is still open.

'I Am Not Seeking Money'

One voicemail, played in court, captured Ms Wandelt stating: "I realize I'm heavy and plain like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I feel."

While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "Suppose there is a tiny probability that I'm her? Then what? Is that not significant for you?"

"I don't want money, I have a living here in Poland, I simply desire to discover," she added.

The panel was told that via emails, text messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a genetic test, transmitted youth pictures to her phone in a effort to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.

The investigator, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who collated the data, informed the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.

Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to close associates of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.

On that date, Mr McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "a wrong number."

On that occasion Ms Wandelt deposited a recording on Mrs McCann's voicemail stating "I will persist and I plan to establish my position."

The court was informed the co-defendant struck up a association through digital means with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in that area in that winter.

Communication data demonstrated Mrs Spragg had contacted using messaging service to Mrs McCann to express the press had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be considered genuine in the period leading up to the appearance to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.

The court was told correspondence between the two accused, in last November, planning attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's biological evidence from her garbage or from utensils at a restaurant.

"We must take action," Mrs Spragg told Ms Wandelt.

On the evening of the visit to their house, the defendant sent a message which stated: "We are positioned near the McCanns' home 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 trial proceeds.