Rhian Sugden reveals a gang of masked men tried to break into her home

Rhian Sugden has revealed that a gang of masked men attempted to break into her home last week. 

The glamour model, 32, was in bed with her husband Oliver Mellor, in the early hours of last Wednesday when she witnessed three men trying to enter their property.

After screaming in shock, Rhian woke Oliver, 39, who confronted the intruders and chased them off at roughly 12.30am.   

Speaking to The Sun about her ordeal, Rhian revealed: ‘It was the worst experience of my life. 

‘Oliver was asleep and I was in bed reading. I heard a strange noise and looked out the window and saw three men wearing masks on my driveway.

‘They were creeping about and looking at our garage. When Oliver got outside he saw a van with no lights on driving off down the road.’

A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: ‘At around 12.40am on Wednesday 14 May 2020 police were called to a report of an attempted burglary.’ 

Rhian and Oliver, who live in a £300,000 house in Manchester, have since bought a new CCTV system to accompany the security alarm they already have. 

The former Page 3 girl has not been able to rest, however, as she witnessed more suspicious activity on Saturday night.

On Sunday, Rhian tweeted: ‘3 guys, with masks on, tried to break into my house whilst we where in bed this week. Then 2 more came back yesterday at 6pm & went round the back of the neighbours. 

‘I’ve convinced myself they where looking for another way into my house… can’t see me sleeping again tbh.’ 

Rhian was also the victim of a robbery in the past, when burglars broke into her home back in 2017 and stole £5,000 of electrical goods while she was out.

The model’s terrifying experience comes amid the heartbreaking news that her fertility treatment has been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Rhian underwent in vitro fertilisation treatment twice after tests revealed she had the egg count of a ’45-year-old woman.’ 

The beauty told new! magazine that the procedure turned her into a ‘different person’ because she felt low all the time, and her mood was further impacted when she failed to get pregnant.  

Their third round of treatment has been delayed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The former Celebrity Big Brother star said: ‘It’s just frustrating. It’s more waiting and everything seems to be taking forever. It’s a bit of a nightmare. They’ve completely closed our clinic for now.

‘We have to wait for whenever that reopen and then we’ll have to book back in. Luckily, we hadn’t actually started the third round.’

IVF clinics across the country have halted new treatments, in line with guidance from the British Fertility Society, in order to slow the spread of Covid-19 and reduce the impact of complications on the NHS.