STABBED BEATLE TO FLEE HOUSE OF HORROR

Disneyland: George Harrison's 120 room mansion in OxfordshireA "paranoid" George Harrison is planning to sell his 120 room mansion because he no longer feels safe there.

The former Beatle has told friends he has been unhappy and uncomfortable in the Gothic-style house since he was almost killed by a knife wielding intruder who broke in and attacked him in December 1999.

He has decided to consult estate agents about selling the property which is set in 13.5ha near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

The 15 bedroom home, which he bought in 1970 for $400,000, could fetch $40 million.

Harrison, 57, suffered a punctured lung when he confronted madman Michael Abram in his house on 30 December, 1999.

He was repeatedly stabbed in the chest and was saved only by the bravery of his wife, Olivia, 52, who struck Abram over the head with a poker and table lamp.

While security has been increased since the attack by unemployed Abram, a heroin addict who was sent to a secure psychiatric hospital indefinitely five months ago, Harrison still feels unsafe at Friar Park.

The guitarist was particularly upset that a court in November rejected his plea to be kept informed of any plans to free Abram, 34.

Harrison is quite paranoid, a friend said.

"It is a difficult thing to forget and the memory of that night is stuck in his head," the friend said.

"He was a worried, reclusive kind of man already but this attack has just made things a whole lot worse."

"He is a great believer in karma and has started to think the only solution is to put Friar park on the market."

"Quite a few of his friends have been trying to talk him out of it but it looks like he has made up his mind to sell."

Harrison has spent much of the past six months at his hillside retreat on Hamilton Island, on the Great Barrier Reef.

The Oxfordshire house was built in 1889. Its turrets, towers and bay windows combine to create a crazy, fantasy outline that would be at home in Disneyland.

The gardens were laid out as miniature Swiss Alps complete with lakes.

Harrison installed underground caverns half filled with water, where he once took guests on midnight rides in rowing boats.

He also installed a recording studio and a garage which housed his fleet of Porsches and a $1.4 million McLaren F1 sports car.

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