Sunday Mirror

I lost baby after Britain First hate ordeal

- BY SCARLET HOWES BY HALINA WATTS Showbiz Editor

A TRAUMATISE­D mum hounded by jailed Britain First hate fanatics Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding went on to lose her baby.

Kelli Best, 23, suffered a stillbirth after the pair called at her home, yelled abuse, filmed her and sent leaflets to her neighbours.

She told how the far-right pair screamed “Dirty Muslim rapist” through the letterbox. The shaken mum of two said yesterday: “My four-year-old son kept saying ‘I’m not dirty, Mummy, I’ve just got out of the bath’. I had three panic attacks within an hour of them leaving.

“My whole body was shaking uncontroll­ably.” HIS family is still “raw” with grief and fans visit his shrine every day – but George Michael’s beloved Labrador Abby also appears to be missing him badly.

The 12-year-old dog was a lively puppy when the former Wham! star brought her to the home he shared with partner Kenny Goss.

George regularly walked Abby and his Golden Retriever Meg – and hated leaving them to tour.

Kenny left in 2009. And Meg died in 2015. Then the I’m Your Man singer died of heart and liver disease aged just 53 on Christmas Day 2016.

Now lonely Abby’s exercise is provided by a profession­al dog walker who guides her slowly around Highgate village, north London, each day. Abby is said to be “soulless” without George – and on her walk looked overweight and listless.

One onlooker said: “Abby looked really unhappy and she has put on a lot of weight. It was sad to see.”

The dog – being looked after by George’s relatives – also had a shaved patch on her coat, suggesting she’s been treated by a vet.

George’s close pal Tony Hadley this week revealed the pop icon’s family are still too devastated to agree a final farewell charity concert.

The show – planned by Esther Rantzen and backed by the Sunday Mirror and Simon Cowell – could raise millions for causes the star loved.

Speaking at the Television and Radio Industry Club TRIC awards, former Spandau Ballet singer Tony, 57, said: “It is still pretty raw for the family.

“If it was me I’d be blubbing like a wreck at a concert. Maybe they want to leave it as it is and let his memory rest.” After being given a police panic alarm Kelli was in and out of hospital and suffered repeated bleeding before Skylah was stillborn at 25 weeks last September. Britain First deputy leader Fransen, 32, and co-founder and party leader Golding, 36, were jailed at Folkestone

DEVASTATED

magistrate­s court for religiousl­y aggravated harassment – including the episode at Kelli’s home in Ramsgate, Kent.

Their abuse referred to her Muslim partner and a gang-rape trial which saw four men jailed.

But Kelli – who spoke after Facebook banned Britain First – knew nothing of his attacks, was left sickened by what he had done and they have since split up.

 ??  ?? DOG LOVER George and pet DOWN, GIRL Abby is taken to see shrine for her master OUTSIDE Dog walker returns Abby to George’s mansion STILL RAW Pal Tony GETTING OLDER Abby looks tired during her walk
DOG LOVER George and pet DOWN, GIRL Abby is taken to see shrine for her master OUTSIDE Dog walker returns Abby to George’s mansion STILL RAW Pal Tony GETTING OLDER Abby looks tired during her walk
 ??  ?? JAILED BIGOTS Golding and Fransen
JAILED BIGOTS Golding and Fransen
 ??  ?? AGONY Kelli and tiny Skylah
AGONY Kelli and tiny Skylah

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