Lily thanks police after 'kidnap plot' foiled

Lily Allen has thanked police for foiling an alleged kidnap plot involving one of her friends.

The 23-year-old singer said she was “terrified” after the friend was abducted at gunpoint and held hostage for a week.

The friend and another man, both in their 20s, were working at a sports store in west London last month when a group of armed men allegedly entered the store and bundled the shop workers into a car.

The group are accused of holding the pair hostage at an address in Thamesmead, south east London, and demanding a ransom of £75,000 from their families.

Lily’s friend and his co-worker were found by police a week later on August 9.

They were handcuffed with their heads covered but were unhurt.

Allen wrote on her blog: “Thank you to the Met for getting my friend back, we were all terrified and from what I hear you guys did an amazing job.”

She was last night co-hosting the GQ Men of the Year Awards with Elton John in Covent Garden, London, where she turned heads wearing a stunning metallic Dolce and Gabbana dress.

:: A number of men have appeared in court in connection with the alleged kidnapping.