Dec Donnelly targeted by burglary gang as he and family slept

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Dec Donnelly and wife Ali had a lucky escape when a burglary gang failed to gain access to their home. The group targeted their £5million West London home while the couple and their two-year-old daughter Isla slept.

Police were called to the property shortly after 1am but didn’t catch the culprits who fled the scene. The gang had failed to make it past the iron gates at the front of the property and fled in a car just before officers arrived.

Dec and Ali only became aware of the attempted break in when the officers informed them and it’s believed to have been carried out by a ‘professional’ gang.

A source told the Sun: ‘Dec and Ali weren’t disturbed. The first they realised anything was amiss was in the morning. ‘The robbers couldn’t force