Myleene Klass is stepping up security at her home TV presenter Myleene Klass has said she is "aghast" and "bemused" after being warned by police for waving a knife at youths who entered her garden.
The former pop star, who was in the kitchen when she spotted the teenagers, grabbed a knife and banged the windows before they ran away.
Hertfordshire Police officers told her that brandishing an "offensive weapon", even in her own home, was illegal.
Klass's spokesman said the singer had been "utterly terrified".
Jonathan Shalit told the Sunday Telegraph that Klass was stepping up security at her property near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
'Utmost respect'
"Myleene was aghast when she was told that the law did not allow her to defend herself at home.
"All she did was scream loudly and wave the knife to try and frighten them off.
"She is not looking to be a vigilante, and has the utmost respect for the law, but when the police explained to her that even if you're at home alone and you have an intruder, you are not allowed to protect yourself, she was bemused."
Klass's fiance Graham Quinn was away on business at the time of the scare, but the couple's daughter was upstairs at the time the intruders were spotted.