‘People sometimes try to kill you’: Joss Stone opens up about terrifying 2011 assassination plot

Joss Stone has spoken about how a plot to kidnap and murder her in 2011 changed her life, leading her to move to Nashville.

The terrifying ordeal saw two men found guilty in 2013 of conspiring to behead the singer, 35, with a samurai sword at her home in Devon.

In a new candid interview, Joss, a mother of two, talks about the horrifying plot, her hopes of moving back to the county one day with her partner Cody DaLuz, and how she’s doing three months after the traumatic birth of her son, Shackleton.

In 2011, the singer was the target of a shockingly violent plot by Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw, who labeled her a “devil” and wanted to kill her because of her ties to the royal family.

Bradshaw and Liverpool, described in court as “cannabis-smoking slackers”, were stopped driving a car full of weapons to the pop star’s Devon home.

Kevin was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of ten years and eight months to serve, while his accomplice Junior was sentenced to 18 years behind bars, but both men had their sentences reduced.

“What happened to me in 2011 made me lock the doors and have an alarm system, whereas before I didn’t,” Joss said. The times.

“Cody’s so cool, he’s like, ‘Oh, we don’t have to worry about that,’ and I’m like, ‘Well, you know, people sometimes try to kill you.’ Then he’s like, ‘Oh yeah, that little thing.’ That’s not a positive thought, so it makes you security conscious.

Although that’s another blessing, isn’t it? Because before I wasn’t and now I am. But in Nashville I know those men aren’t here, so I feel a lot safer. Cody worked in security, so he’s the best person to be around.’

A year after their sentencing, both men had their sentences reduced after winning an appeal against the length of their sentences.

Three judges at the London Court of Appeal reduced his sentence from 18 years to ten years, while Kevin, who was originally given a life sentence with a minimum term of ten years and eight months, had the minimum reduced to six. Years and a half. half-year.

Seven years later, Joss hopes to return to Devon, where he grew up as a teenager after being born in Kent.

The singer said she wants her two children, Violet, 22-months-old, and Shackleton to have the same upbringing she had: horseback riding, tree climbing and being close to her family.

Joss said she has to take life ‘very easy’ three months after giving birth to her baby.

The singer had wanted to have a “natural birth” but underwent an emergency C-section after “working for 32 hours” and feeling “pain”.

Shackleton’s heart rate suddenly plummeted dangerously and the hitmaker said doctors only had “about 14 minutes to get the baby out alive” after her womb ripped open.

Joss said it’s hard for her to pick up her daughter or even go for a walk because of the surgery, but she hopes to be able to soon.

She also added that she cries while nursing her son due to the pain, but enjoys taking a step back from her usually busy touring schedule to focus on motherhood.