Football star Rio Ferdinand allegedly attacked an intruder in his garden last night, holding off the man until police arrived, while his pregnant wife and children slept in their luxury home.
Ferdinand and his wife Kate had a security scare last night, MailOnline revealed earlier, when intruders were spotted inside the grounds of their Bromley mansion.
A source close to the couple confirmed there was a security incident at their exclusive Home Counties address on Friday.
CCTV footage captured the suspected intruder trying out the rear patio doors of the £4million home the night before, The sun reports.
The man then reportedly spent the night in the garden before the former England ace confronted him and held him down while waiting for the police.
Kate and Rio Ferdinand’s home in the Home Counties was the focus of a security scare last night, according to MailOnline
Former TOWIE star Kate, 30, started dating footballer Rio Ferdinand in 2017 – two years after Rebecca died following a battle with breast cancer.
Posts to her Instagram account on Saturday gave no sign that an incident had occurred as she appeared to be making smoothies for the children at home. Kate is currently pregnant with the couple’s second child.
In a carefree video she shared with her fans, she had made passion fruit and mango smoothies, adding the caption: “Lazy but very noisy Saturdays”. Well, it’s noisy every day in this house.
But the former England centre-back is far from the only player to have been hit by security concerns – as stars are often targeted for their known wealth.
During the Qatar 2022 World Cup, England star Raheem Stirling had to rush home after his house was raided by burglars while he was away.
The couple started dating in 2017 and married in 2019
The Chelsea striker has rushed home from Qatar to check on the wellbeing of his family after he was “shaken” by the raid on his gated property in leafy Cobham.
In the aftermath, many of Sterling’s teammates were considering increasing their own protection levels, with the raid the latest in a string of burglaries at footballers’ homes.
Sterling, a father-of-three, was also the target of burglars while playing for Manchester City and living in Cheshire in 2018. But the gang were scared off when an alarm system was activated and left empty-handed .
Another gang of thieves broke into the home of former England footballer Ashley Cole in January 2020 and threatened to cut off his fingers in the terrifying raid.
He was at home with his wife and two young children at the time of the attack, which tied him up and expected to die.
Kate moved in with Rio and her three children several years after his first wife died of cancer
In 2021, former Manchester United footballer Chris Smalling was robbed at his home in front of his wife and two-year-old child in a horrific ordeal.
Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reported that three armed robbers broke into the England footballer’s home and forced him to open his family’s safe, where the attackers took jewelry and other valuables. value.
Smalling’s wife Sam called police just before 5 a.m. and officers arrived at the family’s villa, about 25 miles south of Rome, with the three very distressed victims.
The incident happened while the player was under contract with Roma.
Kate Ferdinand has previously discussed raising her blended family on the Parenting Hell podcast, while detailing the changing dynamic with Rio and Rebecca’s three children, Lorenz, 15, Tate, 13, and Tia, 10, so they reach adolescence.
She insisted she never wanted to take their mother’s place and that getting to know Rebecca made her a better parent.
She has since given birth to the couple’s first Cree child.
The Metropolitan Police and representatives of the Ferdinands have been contacted for comment.
