Dramatic photographs show Katherine Jenkins after she intervened in a street robbery, only to then fall victim to a mugging herself.
The 39-year-old was caught up in a street theft in London yesterday on her way to perform at the Straubenzee Memorial charity carol service at St Luke’s Church.
On her way to the event, she had been walking down King’s Road in Chelsea at about 3.15pm and witnessed an old woman being mugged.
Admirably, Jenkins then stepped in to help the woman, in what witnesses described as an ‘extremely violent’ incident.
As a result of her stepping in, she was then mugged herself. The songstress was visibly close to tears as she waited for officers to arrive at the scene.
EXCLUSIVE: Katherine Jenkins was robbed in Chelsea after she spotted an elderly woman being attacked in the street and went over to intervene
The singer was able to flag police down and helped them to identify the thieves. She was seen giving details to the officers as shoppers walked by
She was seen looking distressed while she spoke to police officers on King’s Road after the incident in which she had tried to help another woman
Many looked in shock as they stood around the singer who is believed to have intervened when she saw an old lady being attacked
One youngster was seen being led away by police after they caught them in the Chelsea area. Police later put one of the girls into the back of a police van
A police office was seen trying to reason with one of the youths who is believed to have mugged Jenkins (right), the youth was cuffed (left)
Jenkins waved them down and despite the distress of the situation, she was later able to help police identify the attackers.
As soon as the police van drove around the corner, the two thieves were caught.
The older girl was seen trying to escape and was shouting and screaming at the top of her voice while Christmas shoppers looked on aghast.
Further photographs showed three Scotland Yard officers leading away one woman wearing a hooded jumper and trainers, who appeared to be protesting.
A second woman wearing glasses was also seen in handcuffs near the scene as three police officers spoke to her next to the entrance to a building.
Jenkins looked visibly distressed after the event and police have since arrested two teenagers in connection with the incident
People seemed to be around Jenkins comforting her while she chatted on the phone and ran her hands through her hair (left) . She was then seen waving a car down (right)
One of the youngsters that had been arrested was pictured above being taken away by police. She was wearing a black coat with a fur trim hood
The youngster seemed to be dressed in some sort of school attire and was wearing a white polo t-shirt with trainers and jeans
One youngster is pictured above wearing handcuffs while police officers talk to her as two vans are parked up in the nearby street
Jenkins (pictured above) was wearing a floor length floral dress and was wearing her hair loosely as she was due to attend an event
One of the attackers was put in the back of a van which then drove off with flashing lights, while the other girl looked upset and in tears.
Scotland Yard today confirmed to MailOnline that police were called at 15.10pm on Wednesday after a robbery was reported.
Officers attended and arrested two 15-year-old girls on suspicion of robbery. They stated a female member of the public had tried to intervene.
The force added that an officer was assaulted but did not require hospital treatment.
One of them was re-arrested on Thursday, 5 December in connection with the same incident after further information was received.
Jenkins’s spokesperson confirmed the incident and told MailOnline that the star had seen the old woman being attacked and had gone over to assist her, before falling victim herself.
After speaking to officers for a while, Jenkins seemed relived that the ordeal had been dealt with and smiled as she chatted to them
Jenkins (pictured above) had recently also attended the Frozen 2 premiere at BFI Southbank on November 17
As the investigation into the attack is on-going Jenkins’s team were unable to comment further.
The service Jenkins was on her way to was organised by the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund – set up shortly after the 18-year-old, who was a close friend of Princes William and Harry, died in a car crash in 2002.
It comes less than a month after fashion designer Amanda Wakeley was mugged of her watch less than a mile away by axe-wielding moped robbers.
Thieves let the tyres of 57-year-old Wakeley’s car down at Chelsea Harbour, stalling her, before riding up and threatening her with an axe on November 13.
Welsh mezzo-soprano singer Jenkins is married to Andrew Levitas, 42.
King’s Road became famous in the 1960s for being at the centre of London’s fashion scene, and has been associated in recent years with reality show Made In Chelsea.