Police probe into ‘death threat’ sent to Strictly star Amanda Abbington widens as cops scour CCTV footage
A POLICE probe into a reported death threat sent to Strictly Come Dancing star Amanda Abbington has widened.
The Sherlock actress, 50, received an email earlier this year warning she’d “die on stage” unless she retracted a complaint about her former Strictly partner Giovanni Pernice.
The Sun on Sunday can reveal cops have now worked out the email was sent from a computer at a building linked to a university in London.
Detectives are now planning to scour CCTV footage to see if they can find out who sent the chilling email.
Cops are also thought to have gathered key evidence in their hunt to try and track down the person behind it.
A source close to Amanda said: “She’s very relieved the police are continuing to try and find this person. Since leaving Strictly and making her complaint about what’s happened, Amanda’s received an absolute onslaught of threats and abuse.
“People have sent her rape threats and also threatened her children.
“But this one was particularly sinister and chilling. It left her totally terrified.
“Amanda just wants to make sure whoever sent it is caught so that nobody else has to go through what she has.”
The message was to the Park Theatre in north Finchley, London, in August where Amanda was performing in When It Happens To You At the time the BBC were coming towards the end of a complex probe into allegations she made about her former dance partner.
In their report – which was released in September – the BBC upheld six of the 17 complaints Amanda made and apologised publicly to her.
Their probe ruled that Giovanni had been guilty of bullying behaviour.
In an exclusive Sun on Sunday interview, she later told how her stint on the show had been toxic.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers were still investigating an “alleged malicious communication”.