HORROR RAID
Moment TikTok star married to Paris Fury’s cousin is targeted by balaclava gang armed with guns in terrifying home raid
The former glamour model believes she knows why she was targeted
A TIKTOK star married to Paris Fury's cousin has told of the terrifying moment five masked men beat her and threatened to kill her in an armed raid.
Nikia Marshall, 24, said she was battered by the balaclava-clad gang armed with crowbars and a gun.
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The former glamour model - whose husband Michael, a cousin of Paris Fury, was at work at the time - says she only survived by fleeing upstairs with her dogs.
Nikia claims she may have been targeted by members of the traveller community who are hostile to her because she's seen as an "outsider".
She said: "I think it's because I'm an influencer online, and I post very controversial videos. I'm a bit of a comedian, but I've got dark humour.
"I'm married to a gypsy as well. Three years ago, there were arguments with gypsies up, down, left and right. I know that this was a gypsy-related thing."
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Chilling footage shows the balaclava-clad men had rushed to her address in Doncaster, South Yorks, and smashed the front door with a crowbar on Monday.
Nikia said she was asleep on the sofa at around 5.30pm when the raid started and had then confronted two intruders who broke through her glass back door.
She was hit by one of the men before fleeing with her two dogs, Bella and Princess, upstairs.
The allegedly caused £100,000 worth of damage to her kitchen and living room.
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Nikia claims that as she looked out of her bedroom window below, the group's ringleader allegedly made a chilling threat to "shoot her" and "finish the job".
She said: "All I heard was popping sounds - bang, bang, bang.
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"Two attackers got in at the back, and there were three at the front. One hit me, and I pushed him off and continued to run up the stairs.
"I just remember hanging out the window because I thought if they come up and they try and kill me, I can jump out my window.
"When I was hanging out the window, the main guy looked up at me and he said, 'I'm going to come back and I'm going to finish the job - and I'm going to shoot you'."
She added: "One of them had a gun as well."
Nikia sprang to fame in 2021 when she fronted a six-part YouTube series called "I Married A Traveller" with her roofer husband, Michael, 38.
The show revealed how she was branded a "prostitute" and a "home-wrecker" - and was rejected by her traveller in-laws due to not being a member of the community.
She also shamed men who later took to social media to pester her for sex, claiming she was at one point getting 20 requests a day to cheat on her husband.
Nikia, who now runs the fashion store Red Hot Ltd on TikTok, said she had reported the attack to the police, who were now installing panic buttons in her property.
But she explained how her love for her two eight-year-old chihuahuas, Bella and Princess, had stopped her from getting seriously injured in the attack.
She said: "My dogs probably saved me from getting really badly hurt because I'm a bit of a fighter.
"If my dogs weren't there, I would have picked something up and I would have gone at them. And my husband wasn't here, he was down the street because he's a roofer."
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Nikia had tried to identify the men while the attack was happening and claimed the squat ringleader had bizarrely put on a fake London accent when speaking to her.
She said: "They were all balaclava-clad. The two at the back were tall and slim. But they were all quite big men, to be honest.
"The main guy put on a fake London accent. He was the shortest one of them all.
"He was about 5ft 8in. He was chubby. He was a white man and he had piercing blue eyes that were very wide apart. I will find these men."
She added: "I think they've done £100,000 worth of damage. I had a lot of expensive stuff downstairs.
"I had Worcester dolls, Crown Derby porcelain, my flat-screen TV - and all my Italian furniture."
A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Officers responded at 5.31pm on Monday 20 May to reports of an aggravated burglary.
"It is reported that five males smashed the windows of a property before gaining entry and assaulting a 24-year-old woman.
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"The victim was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries that are not believed to be serious."
"A scene was established and inquiries are ongoing."
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Tyson and Paris Fury are a high-profile couple from the UK.
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He has held multiple world championships, including the WBC, Ring magazine, and lineal heavyweight titles.
Tyson Fury is celebrated for his remarkable comeback in the sport, overcoming personal and professional challenges to reclaim his place at the top of the boxing world.
Paris Fury is Tyson's wife. She is known not only for her relationship with Tyson but also for her own public persona.
Paris has appeared in various media outlets and reality TV shows, often sharing insights into her life and family.
The couple has seven children together and often discuss their family life and experiences in the public eye.
Paris is also an author and has written about her life and experiences in her book "Love and Fury: The Magic and Mayhem of Life with Tyson."
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