Allen slams paparazzi after car smash

Lily Allen has criticised the paparazzi after her car window was smashed during a night out in London.

The singer blamed a group of photographers for the damage to her BMW and said she was left in a "scary situation" with a friend following an evening in the Groucho club.

Writing on MySpace, she said: "If you see photos in the press or online of my car window being 'smashed by vandals', I just want you to know that it was one of the many paparazzi who were following us who did it.

"There were so many of them hassling us that it is difficult to say which one of them did it but I had to leap in a taxi to get away from them. My friend Emily had to get into the car which was covered in broken glass and drive it away.

"It was a scary situation and I want people to know that it was totally their fault and that the whole situation has angered and upset me.

"Emily got cut from sitting on the broken glass and we are both horrified that people could behave in this way and get away with it."