25-07-2025
Jennifer Ellison's dance studio targeted by thief who made off with kids' iPads & bikes as she shares chilling CCTV
THIS is the chilling moment a thief broke into Jennifer Ellison's dance studio.
The actress shared CCTV footage revealing the alleged thief to her social media as she urged her followers to help recover the stolen items.
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Among the stolen goods were iPads and bikes belonging to her young students, as well as laptops and other personal belongings.
The break in reportedly occurred at 5am on Wednesday morning.
Posting the footage to her Instagram, Ellison wrote: "Anyone who tells me who this RAT is and where he'll be or lives I'll give a HUGE reward!!!
She added: "He's broken into our school at 5am took all of our bikes, laptops iPads!!! THE LOT!!!!!"
Additional footage shared to her Instagram showed the man searching through a till, as she wrote: "The rat went everywhere!! Took drinks."
An update later in the day thanked a different man for recovering one of the stolen bikes.
Commenters expressed their support for the star, with some saying they had reached out via DM with information.
One wrote: "Hope everything gets returned safely. Horrible horrible people."
The post has since been deleted although the Instagram stories are still up.
Ellison opened the Liverpool-based Jelli Studios after stepping away from TV work, providing "elite intense Dance and Musical Theatre training for those wanting a long successful career in the Professional Industry of Performing Arts."
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The studio was featured in the 2014 TV show Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison which followed the early careers of some of its students.
It focused on seven girls who were working towards competing in the Dance World Cup in Portugal.
She had previously led a successful acting career, playing Meg Giry in 2004's Phantom of the Opera, and Emily O'Leary in Brookside from 1998 to 2003.
Ellison has been married to boxer Rob Tickle for 15 years, and the couple share three sons.
She previously dated violent gangster Anthony Richardson who was jailed for a sword attack.
The actress was left fearing for her life as she balanced her blossoming career alongside her husband's involvement in the criminal underworld.
During an appearing on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins she talked about her trauma after beating abused by her ex-boyfriend.
After meeting when they were 16, the pair got engaged within two years.
She witnessed fire-bombings and drive-by shootings, even being subjected to violence at the hands of her ex.
He was later jailed for eight years in 2011 for a sword attack in Liverpool.
The Sun has reached out to Merseyside Police for comment.
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