JAMIE Laing and Sophie Habboo have been left shaken after an intruder attempted to burgle their home in the middle of the night.
The Made in Chelsea stars were forced to flee their Notting Hill flat before police rushed in to deal with the situation – with the Radio 1 DJ, 36, forced to hide from the thief naked.
Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo have been left shaken after an intruder attempted to burgle their home[/caption]
Sophie opened up about the ordeal on her podcast, Wednesdays[/caption]
Sophie, 30, opened up about the ordeal on her podcast Wednesdays, which she co-hosts with Melissa Tattam.
She said: “Someone tried to break into our apartment at 6am this morning. I was fast asleep.
“I woke up to Jamie, very calmly I may add, going, ‘Sophie, we’re getting burgled. You need to get up, put your shoes on, we need to leave.’”
Still half-asleep, Sophie admitted she wasn’t fully aware of what was happening.
She continued: “And I was just like, ‘What?’ And so I just stayed. He then rushed back downstairs, he didn’t stay with me. So I just stayed in bed, because I thought, ‘Oh, he said the police are coming.’”
Fortunately, law enforcement arrived swiftly – and in impressive numbers.
“Can I just say that 10 policemen came? It was unbelievable. Maybe there were two vans of policemen. Like, serious, they were so amazing,” she said.
Despite the terrifying situation, Sophie found herself distracted by one of the officers, who bore an uncanny resemblance to Love Island star Luca Bish.
She joked: “One of them looked and sounded like Luca Bish. And all I was thinking was saying to him, ‘Have you ever been told you look like Luca Bish?’ Like, I was being so coy and weird.
“But the guy climbed through a pub, he then put loads of furniture up to try and find…” Sophie began, before Melissa interjected, “So he broke into the pub first?”
“Broke into the pub, climbed over there, all to get to our flat, which is just f*****g creepy,” Sophie confirmed.
Jamie added on his Newlyweds podcast with Sophie that he was “butt naked” when he first heard the noises and went to investigate.
He recalled: “At 5:45 am, I heard this boom, boom, boom, and I was like, ‘What the hell is that?’ Sophie was still fast asleep next to me. So I got up, completely naked, and went downstairs to check.
“I looked out the front of our apartment – nothing. No delivery, no people, completely dark. But then I went to our sitting room and looked out the window.
“I always sleep with the window open, and I suddenly saw someone trying to break into the flat below, wearing a balaclava.
“I thought I would go full Rambo mode, but instead, I just panicked and started going, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!’”
Jamie immediately called the police while keeping an eye on the intruder.
“I asked them how long the response time was, if we needed to get out of the house. I was freaking out. I even went downstairs and lay down against our front door, using my whole body as a human door wedge,” he admitted.
Sophie and Jamie regularly post from the West London property, which they moved into last year.
Strictly star Jamie told The Times in May: “We’ve been renting a two-bedroom apartment in Notting Hill for three years. I previously owned an apartment in Chelsea, but I found Chelsea boring.
“We also needed to move out because the flat had a history – Sophie didn’t like the fact my ex-girlfriends had lived there.”
Which celebrities have experienced break ins?
IN recent years, several high-profile celebrities have experienced alarming home burglaries, highlighting the importance of heightened security measures for public figures.
Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan: In a harrowing incident just two weeks ago, actress Michelle Keegan, who is heavily pregnant, and her husband, television personality Mark Wright, faced a terrifying ordeal at their £3.5 million Essex mansion.
Four masked intruders broke into their home, prompting the couple to lock themselves in a bedroom.
The raiders remained inside for about a minute but fled upon hearing Mark yelling. Although unharmed, the couple was deeply shaken by the experience.
Charlotte Crosby: Reality TV star Charlotte Crosby recently opened up about her own frightening experience with a home burglary while she was heavily pregnant.
She expressed feelings of paranoia following the incident and extended her sympathies to Mark and Michelle, acknowledging the emotional toll such invasions can have.
Anya Taylor-Joy: In February 2023, actress Anya Taylor-Joy and her husband, Malcolm McRae, were forced to hide in a closet when burglars broke into a London mansion where they were staying.
The intruders attempted to enter their bedrooms but fled after leaving the trio unharmed but shaken.
Tamara Ecclestone: In December 2019, heiress Tamara Ecclestone’s Kensington mansion was burglarized, with thieves making off with £25 million worth of jewellery.
This incident was part of a series of high-profile burglaries in West London during that period.
Frank and Christine Lampard: The same gang targeted the West London home of footballer Frank Lampard and his wife, television presenter Christine Lampard, stealing £50,000 worth of property.
It comes just weeks after Mark Wright and pregnant Michelle Keegan’s £3.5million Essex mansion was raided by a gang of balaclava-wearing thugs while they were inside.
The celebrity couple bolted themselves in a bedroom and waited just minutes for cops to arrive after the intruders triggered a state-of-the-art alarm.
A source told The Sun: “It was a traumatic experience for both of them but they are relieved that neither of them were injured.
“Mark did the sensible thing and stayed with his wife to make sure she was OK and they waited for police to arrive before leaving the room.
“It was a horrible thing to go through, particularly for someone who is heavily pregnant.
“They are understandably very shaken up by what happened.
“Mark realised someone was breaking into the house. His first thoughts were for Michelle’s protection and he acted swiftly.”
The Made in Chelsea stars were forced to flee the property before police rushed in[/caption]
They regularly post from their West London flat[/caption]
They moved into the luxury property last year[/caption]
Jamie said he was “butt naked” when he first heard the noises and went to investigate[/caption]
