Cork s 96FM By Ellen Smith (via Getty) Spice Girls Geri Horner has revealed that the nail bomber plotted to assassinate her while she was performing on stage.
Geri revealed that convicted killer David Copeland, who was sentenced to six life sentences for the 1999 London nail bombing, actually had plotted to assassinate her.
The singer was set for her first solo performance at the Brit Awards when she was warned by police that she shouldn t go ahead due to the threat to her life.
Speaking to the Sun, Geri revealed that Copeland had a hatred towards her due to her close ties with the LGBTQ+ community. She explains It was before my first ever performance as a solo artist that he issued me with a death threat. He threatened to shoot me, and hated the fact I hung out with the gays and was friends with George Michael.
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Geri Horner and George Michael (PA)
Geri Horner has said she was targeted by a nail bomber over her friendship with late pop star George Michael.
The Spice Girl claimed that David Copeland - who carried out a string of nail bomb attacks in London in 1999 – “hated” the fact she was friends with the Wham! star and planned to assassinate her on stage at the Brit Awards.
Horner told
The Sun that police warned her about the threat but that she decided to go ahead with the performance at Earls Court Exhibition Centre because she was “not going to be bullied”.
Police warned Geri Halliwell that the London nail bomb maniac wanted to shoot her dead while she made her debut solo performance at the Brit awards.
Homophobe David Copeland wanted to kill the Spice Girl during her 2000 performance because she was friends with gay artists - including the late George Michael.
Scotland Yard officers went to Halliwell s house to make their warning clear - but she performed solo single Bag It Up at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre stage in London regardless.
Copeland caused three nail bomb explosions in the space of 13 days in April 1999 - the final of which went off gay pub the Admiral Duncan.