Second Towie star’s store attacked

Second Towie star’s store attacked

The reality TV regular was at the shop, Bella Sorrella, with sister Georgia, their mum Debbie and screen pal Lucy Mecklenburgh when a teenager smashed the window from outside and ran off.

Shop worker Katie Corcoran told TV Biz: “It was very frightening. The noise of shattering glass. I’ve never heard anything like it.”

She said of the attacker: “I don’t know if he was showing off or he was doing it to spite Lydia. No one knows. I just saw him do it then he ran off and everyone went after him.”

The youth was chased by Georgia â€" Katie’s cousin â€" plus a snapper and two members of the film crew who grabbed him and hauled him back to the shop to wait for the police.

Katie said the lad had been practising parkour â€" street gymnastics using benches and walls as launch pads â€" outside the shop in Loughton High Street in Essex. He had then backflipped into the window and smashed it.

She added: “He was a bit, ‘Oh, I’m sorry’ when he turned up to the shop. He couldn’t run any more because there were so many people chasing him. I think he just gave up and thought, ‘I’m just going to go with it.’

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“Debbie was furious, more because he could have hurt someone. Lydia was really strong â€" she knew what to do, she was very calm.”

The incident comes just months after her pal Lauren Goodger’s boutique was firebombed the day after its public opening.

A window at the pink and white beauty salon in Buckhurst Hill was smashed and a blaze was started in the front display of the shop, called Lauren’s Way.

After yesterday’s attack, Lydia’s shop was closed while the damage was repaired. Last night the boutique’s official Twitter feed posted: “Unfortunately today @BellaSorella251 was vandalised. The suspect is in custody the issue is being resolved. Open tomorrow as usual x.”

Georgia tweeted: “Thank-u to everyone who joined in the chase to catch the culprits.”

Debbie wrote online: “Today has been a prime example of for every action u take their is a consequence attached to it !! #unbelievable.”

A police spokesman said: “An 18-year-old man was arrested for criminal damage and received a caution.”