Charlotte Crosby referred to as her mum for assist as a substitute of the police when masked machete-wielding intruders raided her and fiancé Jake Ankers’ dwelling.
The 35-year-old actuality TV star was “terrified” when the crooks broke into her and Jake’s £1.4 million mansion in Sunderland, Tyne and Put on, final November while the pair had been downstairs with their two-year-old daughter Alba, however relatively than name for emergency companies, the previous Geordie Shore forged member received in contact together with her mum Letitia to ask her to do it as a result of she did not know what to do.
Talking on the most recent episode of Luke Hamnett’s new Reside Snigger Luke podcast, Charlotte – who was pregnant with daughter Pixie, now seven months, on the time – admitted: “There’s not a lot to speak about actually.
“We simply received damaged into, however it was very scary as a result of I used to be clearly pregnant.
“All of it occurred actually quick. Like, they got here in principally after we had been already in the home.
“We had been downstairs they usually got here within the prime. We simply heard all these footsteps, which was alarming as a result of we had been like, ‘What was that?’
“Are you aware if you suppose you hear a sound and also you go, you virtually maintain your breath since you’re a bit scared and also you wish to be as silent as you’ll be able to?
“So it was like that. After which there was clearly, it was a noise of footsteps upstairs, after which I’ve by no means felt very like.
“I didn’t know what to do. Jake went upstairs. He went as much as like get them out.
“And I didn’t know what to do as a result of I’ve by no means been in that scenario.
“So I’ve by no means rang [the police]. So even in that second, I nonetheless did not. I used to be ringing my mum.
“After which I instructed her to ring the police.”
Thankfully, intruders didn’t “have time” to steal something as a result of Jake was chasing them out of the home while Charlotte stood on the backside of the steps holding their daughter.
She continued: “He went upstairs and principally chased them out.
“They did not have time [to rob anything].”
Following the ordeal, Charlotte and Jake put their home up on the market – however insisted they had been “already taking a look at homes to maneuver earlier than that” as a result of the property was “too large”.
The star additionally stated that she is not going to reveal the placement of their new property after forking out on further safety measures.
She instructed The Solar in March: “I will not share my home anyplace on-line once more.
“We’ve got very intense safety now, and it is very costly. It is every thing you’ll be able to think about for very shut safety we’ve got – however no bodyguard!”