90s music legend reveals terrifying ordeal as intruder breaks into hotel room and bosses forced to beef up security
The British singer and musician, whose real name is Deborah Anne Dyer, is currently on tour across Europe.
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Skunk Anansie star Skin has revealed how a man posing as room service tried to mug her in her hotel room
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The British musician is currently touring across Europe
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The singer that things could have been a lot worse had she not been alert
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She revealed details of the incident on Facebook, saying : "Somebody tried to mug me in my room. They woke me up at 6am after an 18 hour tour bus journey. I was tired and they said it was room service.
"The Brixton thing in me said 'Ding ding'.
"There were no tray and I thought something was wrong. I cussed the guy and he said he would come back.
"It was just about 6am. They found the guy from my description. I did a Karen and said 'I want to speak to the manager'.
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"The hotel said they had to let him go as our stories did not match up.
"They said he was looking for his girlfriend but it was dodgy.
"In the end the manager tells me there is no case."
The star explained that things could have been a lot worse had she not been alert.
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"You know sometimes in your life when you have steam blowing," Skin said.
"I had to take myself away from this man and the situation. We made the hotel look at the cameras to get a picture of this man.
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"He was leaning up against my door. He could have pushed the door in with a knife or he could have had Chloroform.
"Who knows what would have happened. But I am a fighter and that is going to get me in trouble."
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Following the scary ordeal, the singer said they are now forced to be more vigilant when staying at hotels.
The musician continued: "Now I will have to get one of those little lock things to put in the door. If you are in a band you will need to get one. It can happen to you.
"Don't wait for something awful to happen.
"Put better security and cameras into your hotels and key cards so you can use the lift.
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"I am still vexed even telling the story. Never open your door at weird times useless you know who is there."
Skin claimed the hotel is continuing to "review their security systems" to increase the hotel guests protection.
The hitmaker added: "I'm not trying to get anyone fired, my life mantra is that prevention is better than a cure. Hotels can do a lot to make their clients safe.
"The reaction should not be to automatically pit my word against someone clearly being dodgy because you didn't catch him camera doing it. But thanks to Pullman Hotels for listening and doing something about it, that is much appreciated."
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Skin is lead vocalist of Skunk Anansie.
In 2015, Skin joined the judging panel of the Italian version of talent competition The X Factor for one season.
The band, which was formed back in 1994, released three albums and sold more than five million records worldwide.
They are best know for their 1995 hit Weak.
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hey split in 2001, before reforming in 2009.
As of 2024 the band have released six studio albums and toured with including music legends
David Bowie
,
U2
, and
Lenny Kravitz
.
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The band was formed back in 1994
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They are best know for their 1995 hit Weak
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Skin joined the judging panel of the Italian version of X Factor in 2015
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