Amanda Abbington death threat investigation extends

Police are moving closer to identifying who issued a death threat to the former Strictly Come Dancing star Amanda Abbington, Mail Online has learned. The theatre alerted cops, and a source close to the investigation said the police are taking the threat “very seriously” and are working hard towards identifying who sent it. Police are moving closer to identifying who issued a death threat to the former Strictly Come Dancing star Amanda Abbington, Mail Online has learned Amanda has been targeted after making a series of complaints about former Strictly Come Dancing partner Giovanni Pernice The source explained: 'Specialist officers have been looking at the email closely over the last 72 hours, and now believe they are close to identifying where it was sent from. MET Police detectives were alerted on Friday afternoon to an email sent to the London theatre where the actress is performing in a new play It warned "she should be prepared to die on stage" unless she withdrew her complaint about former pro-partner Giovanni Pernice, which is now the subject of a BBC probe Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour on Friday, she said she had withdrawn from social media after getting “incredibly toxic and relentless” online abuse from Strictly fans.