Katie Price sends warning to Mucky Mansion burglars after £2m home becomes a crime hotspot with series of break-ins
KATIE Price has issued a stark warning to criminals targeting her Mucky Mansion.
The former glamour model was forced to hire 24/7 security after a series of break-ins at her home.
Her beloved pink Range Rover also had acid thrown across it by evil vandals.
On her podcast, The Katie Price Show, she had a message for anyone who might be eyeing up the Sussex mansion.
“Been in the new house, still got the other house but that will be gone soon. Hate it, absolutely hate it,” she said.
“And just to let everyone know, I will be out of that house so there’s no point going back to rob it because there will be nothing in it,” the mum-of-five continued.
“So the people who threw acid on my car, a lovely company are now repainting it all pink with three layers of glitter and they’re putting purply-black glitter in the wheels so I can’t wait to get that back.”
This comes after she shared photos of a Ford Mondeo owned by an alleged thief.
She wrote: “DOES ANYBODY KNOW THIS GUY HE HAD LITERALLY JUST LEFT MY MUCKY MANSION AND STOLEN STUFF AND BROKE THE LOCKS ON MY GATE.”
Posting an image of his silver Ford and its number plate, she added: “POLICE BEING CALLED DM IF YOU KNOW THEM.”
After being contacted for comment, Sussex Police told us: “Police received a report of a possible break-in at an address in Dial Post near Horsham at about 6pm on Tuesday, June 18.
Katie Price's missing millions
At the peak of her career Katie had an estimated fortune of £45m, thanks to her lucrative modelling career, book deals, and TV appearances.
The cash-strapped mum-of-five was first declared bankrupt in 2019 over unpaid debts of £3.2 million.
In a podcast interview earlier this year she blamed her exes who include Peter Andre, Alex Reid and Kieran Hayler and lawyers for her money woes.
She insisted that funding her exes’ lavish lifestyles with cars, watches, luxury holidays and homes left her finances in tatters.
She added: “I went through a breakdown, this is how mine started – lawyers and exes, that is my bankruptcy thing.
“And obviously a bit of HMRC.
“When I had my breakdown, if anyone has been depressed …. I don’t know if you’ve ever had depression…
“It starts with depression and you just want to sleep all day and not talk to anyone, the phone would ring and you wouldn’t answer it.’
Katie was declared bankrupt for a second time in March over an unpaid tax bill of £761,994.05.
The demand for payment was made by HMRC last October.
Katie was due to give evidence about her finances at the High Court but failed to turn up – holidaying in Cyprus with her new man JJ Slater instead.
Her Mucky Mansion was a bomb site for years after it was burgled, flooded and swamped by an overflowing septic tank.
She finally moved out at the end of May and is currently renting a four-bed mansion in Sussex.
“Witnesses or anyone with information is asked to report it to Sussex Police online, quoting serial 1227 of 18/06.”
Just earlier this month, Katie rang them three times in a week, accusing two men of an attempted break-in too.
Katie took to her social media platform to share CCTV footage of a man, wearing a grey tracksuit with a bag over his shoulder, appearing to try the locked door before turning and walking away.
Another man, dressed in a jacket and dark jeans, was seen approaching the house separately.
Police have since told The Sun: “We received a report of suspicious behaviour involving a possible break-in at 9pm on June 4.
“Officers attended the scene and two men were searched.
“No items were found. The men were given words of advice and released.
“Officers have made contact with the property owner and kept them informed of both incidents.
“Any suspicious activity can be reported to Sussex Police on 101 or online, in an emergency call 999.”
Before that, Katie called the police called when a group of men in a van were spotted on the property’s grounds.
She told her followers: “Rushed to my home after being informed of a white Transit van with eight people not from this area waiting in my grounds.
“A thanks to Sussex police who were instantly there and who are guarding the property.
“After the recent acid attack at the mansion all breaches of security are taken seriously by all now.
“There is 24 hour security now at the property for protection.”
On that occasion police attended and completed a search but no vehicle was found, and nothing was reported stolen or missing.
And then, just days prior, Katie called the police again after the side of her pink Range Rover was splashed with a corrosive substance while parked outside her home.
They said in a statement: “Officers engaged with the informant to identify any viable lines of enquiry.
“No reasonable lines of enquiry have been identified at this stage, but anyone with information that could help is asked to contact police online or via 101, quoting serial 1053 of 26/05.”
Katie moved out of the Mucky Mansion late last month.
She has moved into a four-bed home in Sussex, which she is renting for £5k-per-month.
The star left the property after 10 years following her second bankruptcy in March.