Pap boss 'schemed to win Britney's heart'

Britney Spears' new boyfriend Adnan Ghalib has been scheming to win the pop star's heart for the past 18 months, according to a report in the News of the World today.

The newspaper claims that the paparazzi boss hatched a plan to start a relationship with a Hollywood star two years ago, so that he could make thousands from an exclusive tabloid deal.

Birmingham-born Ghalib allegedly told friends that he was plotting to target Britney after noticing how vulnerable she was.

"What he did with Britney was not take photographs of her," one source told the newspaper. "Whenever she was vulnerable and the pack were flashing shots of her in a really bad way, Adnan would make a careful show of putting down his camera to help her with bags or into a car.

"Over time she grew to trust him, and all the while he was giving her his card and even sending flowers. He knew not to rush it, and because he was different with his accent and foreign looks, she began to believe he was different from all the rest. But it was all part of his masterplan."

Ghalib was recently branded "sex-mad" by an ex-girlfriend.