Jemma Lucy has revealed she’s suffering sleepless nights and feels ‘unsafe’ in her own home after thieves targeted her £170,000 Land Rover Defender V8.
In December, Jemma was left devastated when her car was stolen from outside of her home just before she was due to move across London, but thanks to the tracker she’d attached, police were able to swiftly retrieve the vehicle.
Having continued with her plans to move house, the mother-of-one tried to put the theft out of her mind but admitted in an exclusive chat with MailOnline that she couldn’t shake the feeling she was being followed.
Last month, as the Ex On The Beach star slept in her home she was woken at 8.30am by the sound of her engine starting and after rushing to her window she could do nothing but look on in horror as thieves raced off with her car.
This time, they were able to remove the tracker within minutes of entering the vehicle and after police used ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) they were able to see the car had been taken out of London. It is still missing with no trace.
Jemma Lucy has revealed she’s suffering sleepless nights and feels ‘unsafe’ in her own home with her daughter after being targeted by thieves (pictured in 2019)
Last month, as the Ex On The Beach star slept she was woken at 8.30am by the sound of her engine starting and witnessed thieves stealing her £170,000 Land Rover Defender V8
Jemma, 35, admitted she feels traumatised by the theft and has now taken drastic measures to protect herself and her four-year-old daughter.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline about the distressing incident, Jemma admitted she no longer keeps any of her jewellery or designer clothes at her home, as well as upping her security system.
Reflecting on the morning her car was stolen, Jemma admitted: ‘The engine noise woke me up so I was a little bit in a daze.
‘I thought “am I dreaming still?” but I looked out my window and saw my car with the lights on and it just shot off up the road.
‘I rang the police straight away and they went after it apparently but said they couldn’t track the car anymore because they removed the tracker and that the thieves must have known exactly what they were doing.
‘It was devastating. The fact that I saw and heard it happen, it gave me a really horrible, unsafe and unsettled feeling.’
Jemma claimed she had reported feeling like she was being followed to police before the second theft but felt as if her concerns were dismissed.
She now fears her home could be targeted and has set up cameras and alarms, as well as putting bars on her window, in a bid to keep herself and her daughter safe.
Jemma, 35, has now taken drastic measures to protect herself, admitting she no longer keeps any of her jewellery or designer clothes at her home, as well as upping her security system
The Celebrity Big Brother star confessed: ‘I have sleepless nights about it and I don’t keep any of my jewellery at my house anymore.
‘I’ve sold some of it as well because I just don’t like having it anymore. It’s not enjoyable anymore to own nice things.
‘I can’t make my home any safer than it is but the two thefts have just really unsettled me. I keep thinking what’s gonna happen next if they come for more? It’s just a horrible feeling.
‘I’m a single mum at home with my daughter. I don’t have a nice big man to protect her.’
Range Rovers are some of the most stolen cars in the UK with around one in every 100 targeted by thieves last year, exclusive MailOnline analysis revealed last month.
Jemma’s tale is just one of a string of high profile figures who have been targeted by thieves in recent weeks.
Earlier this month, WAG Danielle Lloyd revealed how she watched her home being raided live on her phone by intruders feared to be the same gang that burgled Jack Grealish’s mansion.
The 40-year-old model’s house was broken into last October while she was at a party with her husband Michael O’Neill and her five children.
Danielle, who was previously married to footballer Jamie O’Hara, watched on her phone as three balaclava-clad robbers broke through a back door with a crowbar to steal designer watches, handbags and jewellery in just 90 seconds.
Jack’s home was raided on Boxing Day, which saw £1million worth of watches stolen from the £5.6 million Cheshire property.
WAG Lizzie Cundy was also left shaken in January when her house was targeted by suspected burglars while she was inside the property, leaving her completely ‘terrified’.
Adding to Jemma’s distress, she suffered a devastating ectopic pregnancy around the time her car was first stolen.
In December she revealed she had been hospitalised with mystery pains and later revealed that she was hospitalised because of an ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when a fertilized egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in the fallopian tube, meaning a baby is unable to develop and leaving the mother’s health in danger.
Shortly after her devastating ordeal, Jemma suffered another a blow as her relationship with convicted drug dealer Nicholas Sinclair came to an end on Christmas Day.
Adding to Jemma’s distress, she suffered a devastating ectopic pregnancy around the time her car was first stolen as well as splitting from her boyfriend Nicholas Sinclair (pictured)
Reflecting on the past few months, Jemma admitted: ‘It’s actually been really difficult.
‘My car stolen, then my pregnancy, then I moved house and I had my car stolen again and thingd happened in my personal life too and it was just a really difficult time.
‘I think the way to stay positive is just to just… I block a lot of stuff out if I’m honest.
‘But I just look at things and I think this is the cards I’ve been dealt. This is what I have to deal with right now. What can I do about it?
‘You just have to be strong and tell yourself you can do this and things get better.
‘As long as my daughter’s happy and not stressed and safe, that’s all I care about. As long as that’s good, then realistically everything else I can handle.’
Jemma soared to fame on Ex On The Beach and has since featured in the tabloids for her bikini frolics and her nude selfies.
She achieved wider recognition in 2017 when she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother where she finished in sixth place after reaching the final.
Jemma also appeared on modelling TV show Signed by Katie Price alongside now-CBBBOTS host Rylan Clark-Neal.
