Hilton: 'Jewel thief was not a stranger'

Paris Hilton believes that the person who stole $2 million (£1.3 million) worth of jewellery from her Los Angeles home had "been there before".

The Simple Life star has revealed that after viewing security footage of the burglary, she does not think that the thief was a stranger.

"I think whoever did this definitely has been there before," she told E! News. "We have some suspects that I'm thinking of."

Police have said that a man in a hooded sweatshirt and gloves forced his way through the front door before heading to Hilton's bedroom to steal the jewels.

The heiress said that missing items included "jewellery, watches, every ring I own. All my necklaces, jewellery that my grandmothers gave me that I'll never be able to replace.

"You know, it's just an invasion of privacy and it's happened to me before. It's really scary but they're doing a huge investigation on this and we're going to catch this person."