American actress Sandra
Bullock was forced to lock herself in a wardrobe when an intruder broke into
her Los Angeles home, a court has heard.
A recording of the actress' 15 minute
phone call to emergency services during the incident revealed that she was forced
to hide away while the suspect banged on her bedroom door.
"Someone has broken into my house. I'm hiding in the closet,"
Sandra said. "I'm locked in my closet. I have a safe door in my bedroom,
and I've locked it, and I'm locked in the closet right now."
The actress continued to
say that she can hear the intruder banging on her bedroom door.
"I hear – I hear them.
I hear someone banging on the door."
The Blind Side actress was
alone at her home at the time of the incident at 6.30am on 8 June 2014. She
phoned emergency services after hearing a loud noise and seeing an unknown man
heading towards the attic on her home's security cameras.
"I
couldn't hear what door it was. It was just a loud – loud crash," the 50-year-old said.
The recording was played at
a preliminary hearing for Joshua Corbett, who has been charged with stalking
the actress and breaking into her home.
Sandra is not expected to
testify during the preliminary hearing, where a judge will decide if there is
enough evidence for a trial.
A police officer testified
that the 39-year-old was holding a two-page letter to Sandra and a black
notebook with magazine photos when he was arrested on the morning of the
break-in. Security footage later showed that he had been outside the property
on each of the three days before his arrest.
Joshua has pleaded not
guilty to several charges including burglary, stalking and possession of a
machine gun, and faces up to seven years four months in prison if convicted.
Poor Lady
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