Police speak out on missing Lee Andrews 'investigation'
Police in the UK have provided an update on Lee Andrews, Katie Price's new husband, after she said he'd been missing for days.
Hertfordshire Constabulary released a statement saying: "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."
Given that they have spoken about reports they received in March, two months ago, these 'alleged offences' would appear to be unconnected to a recent incident where it's been claimed he's gone missing. Price says it's now been five days since she last heard from him.
The Sun has reported that Andrews is now wanted by Interpol after Hertfordshire Constabulary had worked on an investigation involving claims from one of Andrews' exes, saying the police had 'escalated' the case.
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But Hertfordshire Constabulary said: "The terminology of ‘escalate’ isn’t correct as we have followed normal procedure."
According to the Metro, exes of Andrews including Alana Percival have told Katie Price to 'run for the hills', alleging that he is 'a liar, a narcissist and I think he’s a manipulator'.
Percival claimed: "Once I tried to leave him, he told me had a heart condition and was living on borrowed time. Lee doesn’t know what’s fact and what’s fiction. It’s worrying because I think he believes his own lies."
Price had said she last heard from her new husband at around 10pm on 13 May, and since said she is 'really upset and distressed' at claims he hasn't gone missing and is actually hiding out in Dubai.
She said in her latest update on YouTube: "My anxiety levels are sky high. The last thing I know his hands were tied. He had a hood over his head and he was in the back of a van, and that's all I know.
"The police can't find him anywhere. No phone calls have been made. It's really difficult for me at the moment."
Responding to media reports on her husband, she added: "What everyone has to remember, as much as everyone's trying to take the piss out of everything and speculate, this isn't a game.
"This is real life. This is a serious situation for me.
"This is not a publicity stunt. This is real. And anyone who thinks that I'm a part of this is disgusting."
Katie Price's missing husband: a timeline
12 May: Missed UK television appearance
The Dubai businessman, originally from Manchester, is supposed to be on an episode of Good Morning Britain alongside his wife.
When asked if Andrews got arrested at the airport, Price says: "No. You know, they just said it to me in there.
"So, I just said, 'Lee, apparently a British man has been detained. Can you just confirm that it's not you?' Because I obviously know it's not him.
"So, he's just done a voice note back and laughing emojis. 'No, it's not me' and a voice note. And he's just sent me pictures."
In a vlog on her YouTube channel, Price shares footage of herself calling Andrews after her GMB appearance, telling him: "None of them believe you're coming at all. The fact is, you've just got to get here and prove everyone wrong.
"They're like, 'Kate, do you know anything about this man?'"
13 May: Last known contact
Price says on her channel that Andrews is 'at the airport going through the border control to get his exit stamp'.
"So, he said he's 100 percent, a billion percent, coming today," she adds.
14–16 May: Communication suddenly stops
Price says she and Andrews are normally in 'constant contact' and it's 'worrying' that she can't get through to him on the phone.
"We're now wondering, as far-fetched as it is, he's a missing person," she adds. "I don't know if he's been kidnapped."
16 May: Price pleads 'please help me find my husband'
Over the weekend, Price says, 'the truth is, Lee has been missing for three days'.
"Lee was trying to get through the border near Hatta and, oh God, this is so discombobulating," she continues. "His location went off at 10:03, Wednesday night, that's the last contact anyone's had, his family and me.
"This is the third day now, obviously, he phoned me before the location went off. He's in the middle of nowhere, obviously, I'm worried."
Price adds that 'the last FaceTime call I had with him… he had ties around his hand and a hood'
"He sounded really worried and said like whispering, ‘They're coming for me now. They're coming for me. I've got to go’,” she explains.
17–18 May: Missing person report filed
According to The Sun, a missing person report has been lodged by his family at the British Embassy in Dubai.
"Lee is officially a missing person now," a source tells the outlet.
"Katie is in constant contact with his family and is desperately worried. And she’s mortified — she’s seen people calling it a stunt and that she must be in on it, but she’s absolutely not.
"This is such a worrying, upsetting situation."
19 May: Accusations emerge that Andrews is on the run
In a lengthy expose published by The Sun, journalist Clemmie Moodie accuses Andrews of scamming her out of £1,000, as well as claiming that he is currently hiding out in Dubai.
"Lee has NOT been kidnapped; he is simply in hiding after also ghosting his devastated wife for the past six days," she claims. "He is not dead. He is not in jail. And he has not been detained."
"He is squatting in a slightly run-down villa, frantically planning a route out of this ginormous hole he appears to have buried himself in, and is understood to be liaising with his few trusted contacts on a 'burner phone'," the report alleges.
This follows claims from numerous partners that Andrews scammed them out of money, which he denies.
Price details final FaceTime call with Andrews, denies 'publicity stunt' accusations
Price says she hasn't spoken to Andrews since Wednesday night, telling fans in a recent YouTube update that he was attempting to leave the UAE.
"The last time I heard from him, he FaceTimed me, he had a hood on and said, ‘I've just been captured or arrested’ and had ties around his hand, not handcuffs, and said ‘they're coming back for me’," she explains.
Price denies accusations that this is a publicity stunt, calling the claims 'disgusting'.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for FCDO has given the following statement to LADbible Group: "We are supporting the family of a British man and are in contact with the local authorities."
LADbible has contacted Interpol for comment.
Topics: Celebrity, Dubai, Katie Price, Lee Andrews
Joe Harker