Lee Andrews’ ex Alana Percival has responded to Katie Price’s claim he’s been arrested on spying charges and was quick to dismiss them as she made it clear she does not believe the latest story
Lee Andrews’ ex Alana Percival has responded to Katie Price’s claim he’s been arrested on spying charges. The ex-glamour model, 48, tied the knot with Dubai-based businessman Lee in January just two weeks after she met him and the pair have rarely been out of the spotlight since.
Over the last few months, Lee has faced criticism after he failed to arrive in the UK for a scheduled appearance on Good Morning Britain and his whereabouts has been a mystery for nearly a fortnight. However, on Wednesday he made a call to his wife where he claimed he’s been arrested and detained on suspicion of espionage in a Dubai prison.
According to a report in The Sun, he is expected to be released on Monday. However, Alana was quick to dismiss the claims as she wrote on Instagram: “Watch Monday never come. He told me tomorrow tomorrow for 3 weeks and a spy charge well.”
Lee claimed that he has been held at Dubai’s notorious Al Awir prison and Katie said on Wednesday afternoon: “I have found him – he is alive, and he is okay. I told him how worried I had been and told him I loved him. It was very rushed, but he said the authorities out there thought he was a spy. I don’t know much more than that right now.”
According to the outlet, he claimed that he was arrested on Wednesday 14 May after deliberately keeping a low profile – he was allegedly detained on suspicion of espionage, alleging that he was held at the Al Awir prison in Dubai.
In the days before his arrest he had moved his possessions out of his rental apartment, and had moved in briefly with his father, staying in his Dubai villa. It is thought that he will now be expected to pay a four-figure fine.
Concerns were first raised over Lee when he failed to join Katie on Good Morning Britain, one day before Katie last spoke to him. He was due to fly from Muscat International to join his wife for their first joint interview. Despite sending a video to both Katie and Good Morning Britain, claiming he was in the airport.
The former I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! star initially told fans that her husband had been kidnapped in Dubai as he was preparing to fly to the United Kingdom to be reunited with her. In a chilling FaceTime call, Lee informed his wife that he was in the back of a van and his hands had been tied.
He told Katie that people were “coming” for him, which alarmed his wife. Five days after Katie last spoke to Lee, she filed a missing person report and told fans that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the United Arab Emirates, where Lee resides, was involved in the search for him.
However, the airport appeared to be Terminal Two of Dubai International, rather than Muscat. ITV also stated that a Foreign Office spokesperson informed them that the Foreign Office was assisting a British national who had been detained in the United Arab Emirates.
Later, the mum-of-five shared the last text messages she said she had received from her husband’s phone, with one message reading: “Been arrested, I’ll be in touch.”
It had been claimed that Lee was being sought by Interpol but a source tells the Mirror that’s not the case, adding that if he is being held by authorities in the United Arab Emirates it’s not likely to be due to a report that was first received by Hertfordshire Police earlier this year.
In a statement given to The Mirror, Hertfordshire Police later said: “We’d like to clarify that Hertfordshire Constabulary received a report in March, however, once it was established the alleged offences happened in Dubai, we referred this case to the relevant authorities as this was outside of our jurisdiction.”
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