Sugababe Amelle feared kidnapped is safe

The family of Sugababes singer Amelle Berrabah feared she had been kidnapped after she went missing for days, it was revealed today.

The star vanished after apparently having a huge row with bandmate Keisha Buchanan, missing a string of public appearances and ignoring calls from her management.

And when her family were unable to contact her they called police, fearing she had been abducted from her home town of Aldershot. Officers from Hampshire Police filed a missing persons report to the Met, but she was found at her north London home yesterday, before a kidnap unit was alerted.

Berrabah, 25, is said to have told officers she was safe but desperately unhappy and needed a break after a run-in with Buchanan, 24. She had apparently become depressed over what she felt was jealousy within the group following her No 1 collaboration with singer Tinchy Stryder.

A friend said: "She is deeply unhappy at the moment and scared of Keisha. She still loves the band and the last thing she wants to do is quit. But the problem needs to be addressed because she feels she is being bullied."

Berrabah was said to have been shocked by the police turning up at her home. However, she is no stranger to controversy.

Last year she was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage to a car in Aldershot, but no charges were brought. And in 2007 she was arrested over allegations she assaulted an 18-year-old girl at a bar in Guildford, spending a night in the cells before being freed.