December 29, 2006
Police were called to the country estate of Paul McCartney on Thursday night after his estranged wife reported the theft of paintings from the lodge they once shared.
"We checked the premises, and spoke to Heather Mills
(McCartney), and as a result it was found to be a civil matter between her and her husband," Sussex Police spokesperson Paddy Rea said. "There's been no theft."
Mills called police after discovering that paintings valued at an estimated £10-million, including a Picasso and a Renoir, had gone missing, The Sun reported.
The newspaper, quoting an unidentified friend of Mills
McCartney, said that McCartney had taken the paintings and reprogrammed the estate's alarm codes, and informed her on Thursday night by text message.
McCartney and his wife announced their separation in May after four years of marriage and began divorce proceedings in July. They have a three-year-old daughter, Beatrice.
Neither Mills's nor McCartney's representatives were immediately available for comment. - Sapa-AP
  
 
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