Jacqueline Jossa breaks her silence on terrifying £20,000 raid at Marbella vacation villa as remembers the heart-stopping second she thought her kids had been kidnapped

Jacqueline Jossa has damaged her silence on the terrifying raid at her Marbella vacation villa earlier this month, revealing her fears that her kids had been kidnapped.

Two masked robbers broke into the vacation rental the place the EastEnders actress, 31, and her former TOWIE star husband Dan Osborne, 33, had been staying with their kids. 

They stole £20,000 of jewelry and belongings, together with her engagement ring, as they slept. 

And talking out after the theft, Jacqueline has recalled the heart-stopping second she thought her kids had been kidnapped as she stumbled throughout the thieves in the midst of the evening.

Detailing her horrific ordeal with The Solar, Jacqueline mentioned: ‘I used to be trembling and couldn’t actually converse as I used to be essentially the most scared I’ve ever been in my life and immediately thought, “Oh my God! The children! Did he have a baby in his hand? Did I see just a little lady’s leg?” I couldn’t assume straight and was panicking.’

Two masked robbers broke into the vacation rental the place the EastEnders actress, 31, and her TOWIE star husband Dan Osborne, 33, had been staying with their kids

The star went onto say that after realising they had been being robbed, she instantly woke her husband Dan, who legged it downstairs and grabbed snooker cue to guard his household.

Nevertheless, the thieves had already ran off after recognizing Jacqueline and escaped by means of the again door earlier than being pushed off in a ready getaway automobile. 

The actress then ‘frantically ran’ to test on her kids to ensure they had been secure and regardless of seeing them tucked up of their beds, she needed to contact them to ‘reassure’ herself they had been there.

Reliving the second, she continued: ‘Every time I shut my eyes and give it some thought, I’m imagining them working away with a child. This might be a lacking individuals’ case and that may have been a very completely different story.’

The star added that she was ‘grateful’ that she was the one to stumble throughout the robbers, as a result of if one of many kids had seen the masked males, they could have been ‘scarred for all times’, with Jacqueline including that she’s in all probability scarred herself. 

She additionally breathed a sigh of aid that the state of affairs did not take a extra critical flip as she later noticed one of many assailants carrying one thing ‘lengthy and sharp’ within the CCTV, with Jacqueline not sure if it was a knife or a ‘huge screwdriver’. 

The EastEnders favorite shared with the publication that issues may have ‘gone horribly unsuitable’ ought to the boys have confronted herself or Dan with a weapon, remarking that this might’ve been ‘a unique story altogether’.

In the meantime, Jacqueline slammed the heartless thieves as she additionally revealed they made off along with her five-year-old daughter’s tooth fairy cash.

Talking out after the theft, Jacqueline recalled the heart-stopping second she thought her kids had been kidnapped as she stumbled throughout the thieves in the midst of the evening 

‘I used to be trembling and couldn’t actually converse as I used to be essentially the most scared I’ve ever been in my life and immediately thought, “Oh my God! The children! Did he have a baby in his hand?’

The actress then ‘frantically ran’ to test on her kids to ensure they had been secure and regardless of seeing them tucked up of their beds, she needed to contact them to ‘reassure’ herself they had been there 

In the meantime, Jacqueline slammed the heartless thieves as she additionally revealed they made off along with her five-year-old daughter’s tooth fairy cash [pictured with Mia, 5]

Sharing her anger, she ranted: ‘I get fuming about what they took from the youngsters – Mia’s little purse. It makes me so unhappy actually, extra unhappy than anything. She misplaced a tooth, so she had some cash in her purse from the tooth fairy. Her bag was all open, and the cash had even been taken out of her purse. Bless her.’

The cleaning soap star and Dan have chosen to not reveal the reality to their younger household and as an alternative changed the cash stolen from Mia, with the teenager oblivious about what occurred along with her tooth fairy money. 

The couple are reported to have woken as much as the thieves rummaging by means of the Marbella property. Whereas no one was harmed, sources say Jacqueline and Dan have been left ‘shaken up’ by the encounter. 

Jacqueline, who performs Lauren Branning within the BBC cleaning soap, had been documenting her vacation for her Instagram followers, with the journey seeing them journey with their prolonged households together with daughters Ella, 9 and Mia – together with Dan’s son Teddy, 10.

Whereas she was additionally seen having fun with a seaside day in Marbella along with her ladies amid their two-week getaway within the solar.

Spanish police are reported to be investigating the raid, whereas a automobile belonging to a safety agency has been seen exterior the villa.

Together with the engagement ring, the thugs are reported to have snatched purses and wads of money plucked from their youngsters’ backpacks. They’re mentioned to have stored the theft from the youngsters to keep away from scaring them. 

Jacqueline had been documenting her vacation for her Instagram followers, with the journey seeing them journey with their prolonged households together with daughters Ella, 9 and Mia, 5 – together with Dan’s son Teddy, 10

Whereas she was additionally seen having fun with a seaside day in Marbella along with her ladies amid their two-week getaway within the solar 

On Tuesday, Jaqueline and Dan appeared visibly distressed as they left a Marbella police station after submitting a report 

Representatives for Jossa have been contacted for remark. 

A good friend instructed The Solar of the housebreaking: ‘The villa has good safety and Jacqueline and Dan have gotten CCTV. They assume it took about ten minutes for the burglars to interrupt in. It’s attainable the boys had been within the property for quarter-hour. Jacqueline mentioned it was completely silent. It was solely when a flash of a torch woke her up did they realise one thing had occurred.’ 

On Tuesday, Jaqueline and Dan appeared visibly distressed as they left a Marbella police station after submitting a report. 

The couple leaned on one another for assist, with Dan wrapping a protecting arm round his spouse. 

The couple acquired married in 2017 – shortly earlier than her exit from the cleaning soap was confirmed by EastEnders bosses.

She then briefly returned to the present on the finish of 2022 for the funeral of Dot Cotton following the demise of actress June Brown earlier that yr, earlier than making a everlasting return in October final yr.

The theft is the most recent in a string of high-profile burglaries and muggings with Nick Grimshaw and his mom reportedly gassed at their rented Ibiza villa final week (Pictured in London in February 2017)

The high-profile theft comes after one other BBC star, former Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw, was focused by robbers who allegedly gassed him and his 81-year-old mom Eileen of their rented Ibiza villa so as to steal from the pair.  

 The DJ was celebrating his fortieth birthday along with his household when the property was focused by the gang who’ve hit various villas occupied by rich vacationers over the past yr.

Nick and his mum Eileen had been sedated after the gang pumped a sedative gasoline into the property the place the star was sleeping – and waited for it to take impact earlier than they broke in carrying hazmat fits and turned the villa over.

Nobody is alleged to have been damage within the incident, though it’s believed some gadgets had been stolen within the raid.