McCartney locks ex out of matrimonial home

LONDON – Heather Mills McCartney laughed off being locked out of estranged husband Paul McCartney’s London home, her spokesman said Tuesday, but her divorce battle with the former Beatle appears to be turning sour.

Monday, police were called to McCartney’s London residence when Mills’ security guard climbed over the wall of his premises wall to let her in. The locks on the gates had been changed.”One of the security people inside called the police,” Mills’ spokesman said.”They turned up and she went off for a drive around the block with the kid.”Mills had arrived at the home with her two-year-old daughter Beatrice, the couple’s only child.”She was laughing about it,” Phil Hall said, when asked about newspaper reports that Mills was angry at being locked out.The have raised the stakes in their increasingly acrimonious divorce battle, hiring the same two lawyers who represented Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana when they split in 1996.Mills, who married the former Beatle in 2002 and had a daughter, Beatrice, with him, has named Anthony Julius of leading law firm Mishcon de Reya to fight her side.Julius represented Diana in the divorce case.Nampa-ReutersThe locks on the gates had been changed.”One of the security people inside called the police,” Mills’ spokesman said.”They turned up and she went off for a drive around the block with the kid.”Mills had arrived at the home with her two-year-old daughter Beatrice, the couple’s only child.”She was laughing about it,” Phil Hall said, when asked about newspaper reports that Mills was angry at being locked out.The have raised the stakes in their increasingly acrimonious divorce battle, hiring the same two lawyers who represented Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana when they split in 1996.Mills, who married the former Beatle in 2002 and had a daughter, Beatrice, with him, has named Anthony Julius of leading law firm Mishcon de Reya to fight her side.Julius represented Diana in the divorce case.Nampa-Reuters