According to reports, ex-Atomic Kitten/Iceland ad star Kerry Katona was held at knifepoint when robbers raided her home in Wilmslow in Cheshire on Sunday night. Three men broke into the house armed with sledgehammers and crowbars and held the former pop star and her baby daughter Heidi downstairs whilst Katona's husband Mark Croft was led around the house as the thieves looked for goods to steal. Kerry's two daughters by ex-Westlifer Brian McFadden were not in the house at the time.
Publicist Max Clifford told reporters that Katona had been left in a "terrible state" by the incident, saying: "When I spoke to her this morning she was in floods of tears and absolutely distraught. It was a terrifying experience. Luckily they weren't hurt, but Kerry was held at knifepoint and the robbers threatened to kill them. It was such a horrible thing to happen. They are staying with family now and I'm not sure when they will go back to the house".