Sugababe boyfriend attacked with machete

Freddie Fuller, the boyfriend of Sugababes star Amelle Berrabah, is in intensive care after being attacked with a machete.

The 25-year-old former tree surgeon was reportedly found lying in a pool of blood with his left arm and leg "hanging by a thread", according to The Sun. He also suffered stab wounds to his head and legs.

The attack happened outside the Queen Victoria pub in Aldershot, Hampshire on Christmas Eve, near to where he had been partying with Amelle earlier in the evening. He was rushed to Frimley Park Hospital for emergency surgery to save his limbs and spent Christmas Day in intensive care.

"As far as we know, Amelle was not there at the time of the attack although she went to the hospital as soon as she heard," a source told the newspaper. "Amelle was terrified that she was going to lose him. She has had a nightmare Christmas. She’s hardly slept and spent most of the time crying."

Police are thought to be investigating a connection between the incident and Fuller's arrest last Christmas Eve over a brawl in a nightclub.

A police source told the newspaper that there was "believed to be some history between the two men".