Jack Grealish‘s fiancée has been left ‘terrified’ by the Boxing Day raid – and no longer feels safe on her own in the property, sources have told MailOnline.
Sasha Attwood was with Grealish’s family at his home in Cheshire on December 26 when burglars struck, stealing up to £1million in jewels and watches and forcing those inside the house to hit panic buttons.
As police continue to investigate the raid, which happened as the Manchester City winger played against Everton at Goodison Park, the full impact of what happened is beginning to sink in for model and influencer Sasha, 28.
Sources say that she is ‘in pieces’ following the thefts, which happened just days after Grealish moved into the £5.6m mansion and may have been planned for days beforehand by scouts tracking moving vans.
Police are also probing whether those who carried out the raid may have been given ‘inside information’ from unscrupulous people in the know.
Sasha Attwood pictured with her fiancé, Manchester City star winger Jack Grealish
Sources say that Sasha has been left ‘terrified’ and ‘in pieces’ following the Boxing Day raid on the £5.6million Cheshire mansion
Jack Grealish, pictured on Instagram with fiancée Sasha Attwood, poses in his rose gold Rolex in a snap on Instagram
Grealish returned to the pitch yesterday (pictured) to play in Manchester City’s 2-0 Premier League victory over Sheffield United
Our source said: ‘Sasha is in pieces over this. Sasha has had to deal with death threats and online abuse over and over again during the time she’s been with Jack.
‘But this feels very different. For people to come into her new home in this way has left her terrified. She’s not been on her own since it happened and right now doesn’t want to be.
‘Jack is particularly angry about the impact this has had on Sasha. They’ve been together nearly half of his life and he loves her to bits.
‘He will now do anything to protect her. They’ve got their dream home but it means nothing if she’s not happy and Jack wants her to feel as safe in it as possible.’
Details of the anguish Sasha is feeling comes as police continue to investigate the Boxing Day incident.
Officers are under big pressure to find who is responsible, because hardly any cases involving Premier League players end up being solved.
‘Cops want to find who did this,’ our source said. ‘Again and again burglars who target players just then seem to vanish off the face of the earth with the items stolen never to be seen again.
‘Detectives have told Jack and his management that they are determined this case will be different, and that they will do all they can to catch the gang behind it.’
Yesterday MailOnline revealed how the raid could have been carried out by a South American gang – and that those behind it may have already fled the country.
We also told how cops are probing whether burglars tracked removal vans which were coming and going from the Grealish’s Cheshire mansion.
The gang fled with £1 million of watches and jewellery from the £5.6 million Cheshire property.
It is based in an area called the ‘Golden Triangle’, repeatedly earmarked in the last three years by professional gangs from Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Peru.
Experts say they are likely to have flown into Britain especially for the raid and may have also returned to South America already.
Grealish was playing in City’s 3-1 away win against Everton during the time of the break-in
Jack Grealish speaks with Man City’s Manel Estiarte after the full-time whistle on Boxing Day, when he is believed to have been told about the break-in at his Cheshire home
Grealish looks back out onto the pitch as he heads towards the player tunnel at Goodison Park to return home on Boxing Day
Up to 500 burglars from those south American countries travel to the UK every year to target homes in Cheshire, the Home Counties, London and Surrey.
Grealish, 28, was playing in City’s 3-1 away win against Everton during the time of the break-in.
It is thought 10 relatives – including Sasha – were watching the match before being alerted by barking dogs and noises.
Former Met detective Peter Bleksley said: ‘This looks and sounds like a gang from South America who have come here to burgle. The area is exactly where they operate for a start.’
Grealish returned to the pitch yesterday in Man City’s 2-0 Premier League victory over Sheffield United, playing until early in the second half.
Man City boss Pep Guardiola has reportedly told his stars to limit their social media use in order to reduce the likelihood that they could be targeted in similar attacks.
He told reporters earlier this week: ‘Today you have to be careful, definitely. Not much on social media, the less they know what you are doing the better.’
