London multi-millionaire's ex-wife 'is too frightened to leave Kensington'

Kensington Gardens: The woman is too scared to leave the area
Mark Chandler15 July 2016

A multi-millionaire’s ex-wife has been allowed to stay in her five-storey home by a High Court judge after claiming she is too “frightened” to leave Kensington.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, “felt insecure and frightened" when she ventured out of the well-heeled area, the court heard today.

Her ex-husband had suggested she could move to a £2 million home in Fulham, Shepherd's Bush or Battersea but the nervous woman said she was "unfamiliar" with those places.

Instead, she wanted to stay in the Kensington family home or get around £5 million to buy another house nearby.

Mrs Justice Roberts said the woman clearly had an "anxious personality".

The judge said she could stay in the family home for the next few years until the couple's teenage children had grown up.

She said the woman could then begin a search for a new home - with a budget of around £2.5 million.

Detail has emerged in a ruling by the judge after the pair fought over money at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London.

"(The woman) told me during the course of her oral evidence that she was unfamiliar with the areas which had been proposed by (her ex-husband)," said Mrs Justice Roberts.

"She said she had felt insecure and frightened when she ventured out of Kensington."

The judge added: "Even allowing for the fact that she is clearly an anxious personality, I am not persuaded that any of these areas can be characterised as unsafe or inappropriate areas devoid of the kind of amenities usually associated with areas occupied by professional families and others."

Additional reporting by the Press Association.

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