EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Even Michael Jackson’s bodyguard feels unsafe in crime-infested London and avoids carrying wristwatch for worry of being mugged

He guarded the late King of Pop Michael Jackson from hordes of hysterical followers, battled in opposition to insurgents in Iraq, and fended off Somali pirates whereas working as a ship’s safety officer within the Indian Ocean, however Simon Newton says he now feels so unsafe in crime-infested London that he avoids carrying his costly wristwatch for worry of being mugged.

‘I do not put on my watch as a lot as I used to,’ Newton tells me at an occasion for his trend agency Simon Newton London. ‘I almost had it taken off me a couple of month in the past on the Tube.’

The movie stuntman and safety boss, 44, whose shoppers have included fashions Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner, explains that he caught a pickpocket eyeing up his £31,000 Omega Seamaster Rose Gold Chronograph on the Underground.

‘It did not occur as a result of I noticed the bloke. He checked out me; I checked out him. He was proper by the door of the Tube. He ran off.’

There was a worrying improve in avenue crime underneath London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, with knife assaults surging by 16 per cent previously 12 months. 

Simon Newton (pictured) says he now feels so unsafe in crime-infested London that he avoids carrying his costly wristwatch for worry of being mugge

The bodyguard protected the King of Pop Michael Jackson from hordes of hysterical followers. Pictured: Michael Jackson on the O2 Enviornment on March 5, 2009

Amongst these to have been focused for his or her watches was former boxing champion Amir Khan, who was robbed at gunpoint of his £70,000 Franck Muller timepiece as he left a restaurant within the East Finish together with his spouse, Faryal.

Songs of Reward presenter Aled Jones was robbed of his £17,000 Rolex watch after being confronted by a machete-wielding teenager in Chiswick, West London. 

He was strolling together with his seven-year-old son on the time of the mugging in June.

‘London’s not significantly secure anymore,’ Newton tells me, including: ‘It is obtained worse, in all probability within the final eight to 12 months. Crime is so unhealthy right here now that except somebody’s obtained damage the police will not come.’

He provides: ‘I used to put on my watch on a regular basis, however I am slightly bit extra selective now, simply to avoid wasting myself the effort.’

Aristo animal activist jumps to Model’s help 

Revolting Russell Model has received some unlikely help in aristocratic circles.

The anarchic comic, who’s accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, is the sufferer of a ‘smear’ marketing campaign, in accordance with Tracy, Marchioness of Worcester, whose son is inheritor to the Duke of Beaufort and his ancestral seat, Badminton Home, set in 52,000 Gloucestershire acres.

Revolting Russell Model has received some unlikely help in aristocratic circles. Pictured: Russel Model refuting allegations on YouTube

‘In revenge for his invaluable work revealing info censored within the corporation-owned mainstream media, they’ve concocted a rip-off to smear Russell Model’s courageous and sincere work,’ claims former actress Tracy Ward, who now campaigns in opposition to manufacturing unit farming. ‘Therefore, the necessity to discover a couple of ladies who additionally need revenge on Russell when the consensual intercourse did not go their means.’

She provides: ‘Like with Julian Assange, anybody who’s profitable at difficult the deep state and its treachery, might be smeared and uncovered. Rape is an outdated trope, and so this very critical accusation have to be considered with utmost suspicion.’

I counsel Tracy sticks to defending pigs, not sexist pigs.

Stephen Service provider as soon as expressed remorse at not having written extra episodes of The Workplace with Ricky Gervais as a result of he’d have ‘three Bentleys by now’. The comic may, nonetheless, now afford a fleet of supercars.

I can disclose that the Bristol-born comedian has accrued £25.1million in earnings.

New figures for SJJM Ltd, the corporate into which he channels his revenue, reveal his big nest egg. Its newly printed accounts additionally report a £2.5million revenue final 12 months.

No turnover is reported and no pay disclosures are made for the three workers members reported as being employed. Nonetheless, the accounts do report £15.3million in investments and £7.8million in money, in addition to £3.5million in monies due in. Product owner’s belongings are offset by £1.5million in payments.

The 6ft 7in star, 48, lives in a £2.4million Los Angeles mansion together with his girlfriend, Mircea Monroe, 40, the 5ft 6in American mannequin and actress.

Woman Connery’s carnival spirit

To rejoice her 94th birthday, Woman Connery (left) loved a carnival-style social gathering along with her 27-year-old granddaughter Saskia (proper) within the Bahamas

Woman Connery lived within the Bahamas with the James Bond star till he died in 2020 on the age of 90. Her granddaughter Saskia is pictured in the course of the celebrations

Her husband starred in You Solely Stay Twice, however Sir Sean Connery’s widow, Micheline, believes that you simply solely stay as soon as — and he or she’s decided to benefit from it.

To rejoice her 94th birthday, Woman Connery loved a carnival-style social gathering along with her 27-year-old granddaughter, Saskia, within the Bahamas, the place she lived with the James Bond star till he died in 2020 on the age of 90. 

‘That is 94,’ Saskia remarks of the Moroccan-French painter’s youthful vitality.

West London restaurant Maggie Jones’s is so-called as a result of Princess Margaret went there throughout her courtship with photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. 

Apparently, she would telephone and say: ‘Maggie Jones right here, desk for 2, please.’ Sadly, the restaurant will not take bookings for anybody this 12 months, because it has shut its doorways following {an electrical} fireplace.

‘The restaurant is ready to reopen within the first half of 2024, simply in time to rejoice its sixtieth anniversary,’ a spokesman tells me.

Sir Michael stands out at premiere

Oscar-winner Sir Michael Caine used a strolling stick on the premiere of The Nice Escaper on the BFI in London Wednesday evening

He is starred in additional than 160 movies throughout his illustrious profession, however Sir Michael Caine’s look on the pink carpet final evening is likely to be his final.

The Oscar-winner used a strolling stick, left, on the premiere of The Nice Escaper on the BFI in London.

He stars reverse Glenda Jackson, who died aged 87 in June, 9 months after she completed filming. 

Directed by Oliver Parker, the movie is predicated on the true story of a World Conflict II veteran who escapes from his care residence to attend the seventieth anniversary D-Day celebrations in France.

Noting how he’s ‘type of’ retired, Sir Michael says it was ‘in all probability’ his closing movie. He explains: ‘I’m bloody 90 now, and I can not stroll correctly and all that.’

Rock singer Joan Armatrading has sparked a row with a neighbour over plans to cut down bushes at her £2 million Surrey residence.

The Love And Affection hitmaker desires to axe two Scots pines and a candy chestnut at her three-bedroom indifferent bungalow in Cobham, as a consequence of dieback and decay. She wants permission as a result of the bushes are protected by a preservation order and has utilized to Elmbridge Borough Council for consent.

However a neighbour has objected, saying: ‘Bushes not solely present amenity however are additionally an important instrument within the struggle in opposition to local weather change and the biodiversity disaster.

It’s tough to countenance elimination of a wholesome tree as it is going to be left uncovered the place absolutely different mitigations could possibly be effected.’

Officers are anticipated to decide later this month.