Pregnant Michelle Keegan and her husband Mark Wright reportedly hid from burglars in a locked bedroom during a break-in at their mansion. Essex Police said it received a call at around 6.20pm on Tuesday, and it was reported four suspects had forced entry and searched the address before fleeing.
The force said officers were on the scene within eight minutes. As first reported in the Sun, 38-year-old Wright was said to have heard a patio window smash and then hid in a locked bedroom together with his 37-year-old wife until police arrived.
The intruders fled empty-handed after hearing Wright, who rose to fame on The Only Way Is Essex, shouting. Police were also alerted via a state-of-the-art security system at the couple’s home, and the raiders wore balaclavas and were dressed in black.
The couple have been documenting the creation of their “dream home” on their “wrightyhome” Instagram page, which has 664,000 followers. Keegan made her name as an actor as Tina McIntyre on Coronation Street, and has also starred in the BBC military drama Our Girl and the Sky comedy Brassic.
More recently she has appeared in Ten Pound Poms, about a group of Brits leaving post-war Britain for Australia. Heart FM presenter Wright was a semi-professional footballer who spent time at the youth academies of West Ham, Arsenal and Tottenham before he starred in Towie. He appeared on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in 2011 and has also worked as a TV presenter.
In a recent post on their “wrightyhome” Instagram page, a photograph of their white stairs with black bannisters is captioned: “Still mind blowing how the staircase ended up.”
In November, a video was posted to the account of the home decked out in Christmas lights. In a statement, Essex Police said detectives are “continuing an investigation into a burglary” at an address in the county.
“We were called at around 6.20pm on Tuesday,” it said. “It was reported four suspects had forced entry to an address, carrying out a search of the property before fleeing.
“Within eight minutes, our officers were on the scene.”
They said they are continuing to support the victims and investigations are ongoing, including looking at CCTV and forensics. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to report details using the online live chat service on the force’s homepage at www.essex.police.uk. Alternatively, call 101 citing incident incident 842 of February 18.
Representatives for the couple declined to comment.