Friends of McCann hit back at claims she allegedly made ‘disgusting’ comments about the victims

Friends of Ferne McCann have hit back at ‘sick’ claims that she made derogatory comments about ex-partner Arthur Collins‘ acid attack victims, saying there is an ‘ongoing hate campaign’ against her.

An anonymous Instagram account leaked voice notes on Wednesday allegedly sent by Ferne, 32, in which a woman’s voice labels one of the criminal’s victims a ‘silly b****’.

It’s been claimed they were referring to Sophie Hall, who reached the final of a Miss England final 15 months after the sickening attack, baring her scars.

A source close to the Ferne McCann told MailOnline the messages have been ‘spliced together’ from separate recordings in a bid to ‘destroy her’ 

Drama: Ferne McCann kept a low profile on Thursday amid reports she’s bracing herself as three new voice notes, allegedly originating from her, are set to be released from an anonymous Instagram account

Convicted: Collins is currently serving 20 years in prison after he threw acid in an East London nightclub in April 2017 and injured 14 people

The account later released another post, stating more voice notes, allegedly from Ferne, would be sent over the next 24 hours.

However, a source close to the former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star told MailOnline the messages have been ‘spliced together’ from separate recordings in a bid to ‘destroy her’.

The source explained: ‘Ferne is devastated by the content of these voice messages. This is part of an ongoing hate campaign against her.

‘The latest message has been spliced together from different WhatsApp recordings.

‘The messages are about four and five years old and out of context.

‘The person releasing the private voice recordings is trying to destroy her.

‘The fact they kept the private voice messages for so long and are now releasing them shows what sort of sick person they are. It isn’t just hurting Ferne, it’s hurting the people being talked about. Ferne’s very aware of that as well.’

Shocking: The account, which goes by username ladywhistledown195, has already leaked a slew of recordings – accusing the reality star of making ‘disgusting’ comments about one of ex-boyfriend Arthur Collins ‘ acid attack victims

Head down: Ferne, 32, and Lorri hurried into her home amid the fallout from the most recent voice note controversy

Checking for updates? The TV personality wore a cream jumper and a dark scarf and was seen glued to her mobile phone as she made her way inside

The source continued: ‘The truth is that Ferne has huge sympathy with Arthur’s victims and what they’ve been through. She admires their courage.

‘The police are continuing their investigation into who is leaking and editing the messages.

‘Ferne is set to be interviewed again to help to try and catch the perpetrator.

‘Her legal team has advised her she can’t speak out at the moment while investigations are ongoing.’

Collins is currently serving 20 years in prison after he threw acid in an East London nightclub in April 2017 and injured 14 people.

The former scaffolder – the father of Ferne’s daughter Sunday, five – was convicted of five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, and nine counts of actual bodily harm against 14 people, including model Sophie.

The voicemail message posted by the anonymous account, claiming to be sent by Ferne, discussed Sophie entering the 2018 beauty pageant.

A woman’s voice can be heard saying: ‘I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, the silly b***h has made a dress… A papier mache dress out of the newspaper cuttings from the event.’

Another post, the woman says: ‘She’ll probably win it I’m not gonna lie, only because the event and the awards that she has entered or beauty competition, whatever it is.’

Ex: Ferne was accused of making ‘disgusting’ comments about one of ex-boyfriend Arthur Collins’ acid attack victims in newly-leaked voice notes ( pictured in 2017)

‘They’re probably loving all this free press for their event so they’ll probably fix it, she’ll win it.’

The Instagram account had previously been suspended after Ferne reported it to the police when it released posts allegedly from the reality star in which she branded her former TOWIE pal Sam Faiers, 31, a ‘fat c***’ and ‘narcissistic b**ch’.

Sam and Ferne, who starred alongside one another on The Only Way Is Essex, have been friends for over 20 years.

‘Disgusting comments’: In a new audio clip released by the anonymous account on Wednesday a woman can be heard discussing one of Collins’ victims entering a beauty pageant

Slur: ‘I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, the silly b***h has made a dress… A papier mache dress out of the newspaper cuttings from the event,’ the woman in the audio clip says of Sophie’s creation

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Romantic holiday: Ferne pictured with her then boyfriend Arthur in Ibiza back in August 2016

Falling out: Ferne has been embroiled in an ongoing feud with Sam Faiers, 31, after audio was leaked which allegedly saw Ferne brand her pal a ‘fat c***’ (pictured together in 2019)