Joey Essex is reportedly set to quit the UK for Dubai because of a break-in at his luxury £3m Essex mansion.
The former The Only Way Is Essex star is said to be still struggling with the trauma of the burglary which happened early last year.
The 32-year-old is said to have not been able to shake off the ordeal and believes the United Arab Emirates country is safer and would give him peace of mind.
“Joey has started house-hunting in Dubai. He is planning to buy a base out there so he can jet off whenever he likes,” a source told The Sun.
“Joey will be splitting his time between his home in Essex and his new place in Dubai.
“He loves the lifestyle out there and feels completely safe,” a source told The Sun.
The Dancing On Ice star’s home was raided while he was out with friends. He returned home to see the one of the window’s of the four-bedroom Chigwell property cracked open and the place ransacked.
The property, which is a five-minute walk from his childhood home, also boasts three dressing rooms an elaborate “posh” room which he said he uses whenever he has family visiting or if he “has a girl around”.
The star has showed off his mansion on a number of occasions on social media and gave MTV Cribs viewers a tour in an episode which first aired in 2019.
He also appeared via video link on This Morning where he filmed inside his property.
What the move will mean for his new romance with Dancing On Ice skater Vanessa Bauer, 26, is not known.
Bauer confirmed their romance earlier this week, gushing that she is “very happy”.
