Monday, 13 August 2007

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Jennifer Ellison: Gangsters tried to kill me

She claims ex Tony Richardson feuded with criminals

Jennifer Ellison says ex Tony Richardson feuded with gangsters

Jennifer Ellison reveals that gangsters tried to kill her – because ex Tony Richardson was feuding with criminals.

‘I never realised how serious that side of his life was – until I was in the middle of it,’ says Jennifer.

The ex-Brookside star, 24, claims she was attacked with a machete as the businessman, 28, tried to flee hitmen in a car chase.

‘We'd been together a year and were out in my BMW one afternoon,’ she explains. ‘Suddenly a blue car came screeching up alongside us on the dual carriageway, full of men wearing balaclavas.

‘They were shouting: “We're going to kill you!” Then one guy pulled out a two-foot machete and started smashing it against my window.’

And Jennifer says the attacks continued – when her home was shot at in a drive-by shooting.

‘Four bullets were fired through my front door,’ she tells the News Of The World. ‘They passed through the kitchen door, out the window and into the neighbour's garden.’