Thread: Underworld threatens Heather Mills

Underworld threatens Heather Mills

By JAMES TAPPER, Mail on Sunday Last updated at 23:37pm on 16th December 2006

Detectives have warned Heather Mills they fear she may be attacked by criminals from the Liverpool underworld who are angry about her split from Sir Paul McCartney.

Police officers visited the former Beatle's estranged wife on Thursday to tell her they had intelligence of a serious threat to her safety.
They gave her a panic alarm and also spoke to Sir Paul to discuss the convicted criminals said to be planning an attack.

But Sir Paul has refused to provide bodyguards for Ms Mills. He withdrew them in June when the divorce became acrimonious but until October had provided security when she was with their three-year-old daughter Beatrice.

Ms Mills is angry at her husband, according to friends, and is panic-stricken at the thought of Beatrice being harmed.

The 38-year-old former model was given the shocking news by Detective Inspector Steve Paice, Detective Constable Glen Jones and a WPC at her home in Hove, East Sussex.

They discussed the threat with her, which comes from several criminals in the Merseyside area who have no previous history of violence.

The detectives gave her a personal panic phone of the sort usually given to domestic violence victims.

She can contact Sussex Police headquarters directly and, if she calls, officers will be with her in minutes.

Friends of Ms Mills believe some of the threats came from people who have deluged her with abuse on the internet.

Hundreds of hate emails have been sent to her website, labelling her 'the most loathed woman in Britain' and 'a gold-digging disgrace'.

She is said to be taking the threats seriously because of previous attacks on former members of The Beatles and their friends and family.

John Lennon was shot dead outside his apartment in New York in 1980 by Mark Chapman. George Harrison was stabbed by an intruder at his home in Henley-on-Thames in 1999. His attacker, Michael Abram, said he was possessed by the guitarist and was on a 'mission from God' to kill him.

Ms Mills says she has no money to pay for security because her husband froze their joint account. Sir Paul, 64, did provide bodyguards during her time with Beatrice but their relationship deteriorated in October when Ms Mills accused her husband in leaked divorce court papers of attacking her.

She said he stabbed her with a broken wine glass, pushed her over a coffee table and shoved her into a bath while she was pregnant.

A source said: "Heather is desperately worried about the threats and wants to have security, more for Beatrice's sake than her own. But she hasn't got any money to pay for it because Paul froze their joint bank account.

"She told him about the threat and she says he told her, "I don't see why I should. When I go out with Bono and Gwyneth Paltrow, they don't have security."

"She thinks this is part of his meanness and she is appalled that even the police involvement hasn't stirred him."

Ms Mills spoke of her worries in a BBC interview last month. She said: "We've had a few death threats, which is pretty scary, especially considering we have no security."

Her personal trainer, Ben Amigoni, has been acting as her bodyguard. Ms Mills has denied being romantically involved with him, despite his fiancee Jo Bradford's claims to The Mail on Sunday that she had lured him away.

Chief Superintendent Kevin Moore, the divisional commander for Brighton and Hove, said: "We received information from police sources in Liverpool.
"She has been visited by officers and we have spoken to her estranged husband.

"From that we have established the nature of the risk and we have made certain tentative precautions in terms of a response."
He said the risk was not imminent but Ms Mills had been informed so she could make security arrangements.

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There are people out there who aren't happy with Heather Mills. She stole a near quarter billion dollars (235 dollars) from Sir Paul McCartney. She gets 3.9 million per year for "staff and general expenses."