In an interview with OK! magazine, Katona said: "It was the most terrifying night of my life. I thought we were all going to die or that they’d take Heidi away from us. I’m just so thankful that Molly and Lilly weren’t in the house.

"I’m not sleeping, I’m scared to go back to the house and I get frightened when Mark leaves me alone."

The couple moved into the £1.5 million house from Kerry’s home town of Warrington a few months ago.

"I feel the lowest I’ve felt for a long time and I’ve had some real lows in my life. I don’t mind telling you - I thought that our life in Wilmslow was the start of a new life for us away from all the trouble in Warrington and we were so happy until this happened," she said.

"I’m sick of hearing that it’s the end of the bad times for me because something worse is always around the corner."


Kerry’s recovering well in rehab - July 20 2007
Kerry Katona has declared that she is "on the road to recovery".

She checked into the Priory clinic after a frightening knife-point raid at her Cheshire home at the weekend.

The 26-year-old, told the Daily Star: "I feel better already!"

She added: "I am surrounded here by people I know, love and trust from when I came here before, when I felt low and exhausted.

"The beauty is that I am not starting from scratch...I know the way this place works, so many faces are familiar and I trust each and every one of them 100%.

"I have to say I have been moved by all the amazing messages of support I’ve received since Sunday night."

She said she could not wait to get home to her husband and children.

"The key work is trust here - and I know I’m in the best possible place at the moment," she added.


Police find Kerry’s BMW - July 20 2997
Detectives investigating the violent robbery at Kerry Katona’s home have found her blue BMW snatched by the raiders.

The car was taken after the 26-year-old singer, her five-month-old daughter Heidi and husband Mark Croft, 36, were held at knifepoint at their home in Wilmslow, Cheshire in the early hours of Monday.

Armed with a sledgehammer, crowbar and large kitchen knife the masked raiders held the former Atomic Kitten and her daughter in a downstairs room while her husband was marched through their £1.5 million red-brick mansion.

The family were not harmed, but the three raiders escaped with the blue BMW M5 and £100,000 of valuables including two lap-top computers and jewellery.

Police found the car, which was not damaged, on Tuesday night, 10 miles away on Reeves Road in Chorlton, Manchester.

It has now been taken to a secure garage to be forensically examined for clues.

Detectives say finding the BMW could be a vital clue in catching the robbers.

Det Sgt Rob Balfour, from Cheshire Police, said: "Locating the car could be crucial and I would like to speak to anyone with information regarding the BMW.

"This was a violent offence fuelled by greed and the public should not have to put up with criminals prepared to commit such an offence."

Kerry has checked into the Priory clinic following the incident.

She is being treated for bipolar disorder, a form of manic depression which she has battled for several years.


Kerry in Priory after knife ordeal - July 19 2007
Kerry Katona has checked into the Priory clinic following the knifepoint robbery at her home.

The 26-year-old former Atomic Kitten is being treated for bipolar disorder, a form of manic depression which she has battled for several years.