Pop star 'shocked by drugs gang'

Ms Coyle was sitting in the apartment with her mother at the time.

Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle has told a court how she faced a drugs gang that broke into her home.

The 21-year-old pop star said she was shocked when four men entered her luxury flat in Friern Barnet, north London, Harrow Crown Court heard.

The men hoped to use the apartment as a wholesale shop for millions of pounds of cocaine, the jury was told.

A total of four men have all denied conspiring to supply 42kg of cocaine in August 2005.

Ms Coyle told the court: "I went to the door and there was four men."

Letting agent

"I was shocked, I was really shocked. I thought 'Ooh'. I was like 'What are yous doing?' and the men walked out straight away and stood at the door."

"They said 'We are here to view your flat'. They said 'Marc Fisher has given us the keys."'

She said she immediately recognised the name as that of her letting agent.

The Crown claims 48-year-old Marc Fisher, one of four on trial, allegedly handed the gang a spare set of flat keys convinced the performer had moved out.

But, unknown to him, she had negotiated a two-week extension with the apartment's owner.

Jason Anderson, 33, from, Northolt, Middlesex, Mr Fisher, from Totteridge, north London, and Ewart Henry, 43, from Chatham, Kent, deny conspiring to supply 42kg of cocaine on or before August 24 2005.

Another man, Bryan Miller, is also charged with conspiring to supply the drug, but is not before the court.

The trial continues.