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The mum who raised £330,000 for disabled mugging victim Alan Barnes is being threatened with bailiffs in a bitter legal dispute.

Katie Cutler, 23, was dubbed ‘The Angel of the North’ after she campaigned for Mr Barnes, who is just 4ft 6in tall and registered blind.

Moved by our story of his terrible ordeal, Katie transformed his life as donations flooded in from around the world.

PR Claire Barber, of Alnwick, Northumberland , then offered to help raise funds for Katie’s charitable foundation for £550-a-day.

Katie believed the fee would come from TV appearances and media work.

Ms Barber believed Katie would pay from her own pocket.

But the part-time beautician donated the money raised for Alan and other good causes, and does not have the £6,687 which Ms Barber is claiming in a county court order.

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Katie, mum of four-year-old Gracie, lost out on work due to fundraising and is now trying to get her business back on its feet.

She said: “I really liked Claire when I first met her and felt like I could trust her.

“All these people were coming to me, I needed help. But I just feel so let down now.

“I am so worried about bailiffs taking my belongings in front of my daughter.

“All I ever wanted was to help and do good things for people who needed it.

“It took so much time, my business suffered.”

She wept as she told of her anxiety, stress and sleepless nights over the dispute, which began in June, 2015.

The county court order threatens to seize and sell Katie’s goods unless she pays Ms Barber by September 20.

Katie’s mum Vanessa, 45, added: “Claire asked for an email agreeing to pay her £550 a day for work for Katie’s foundation.

“She told her that she had knocked £150 off her normal daily rate. Then she got a bill for £7,770 for 14.5 days over four months.

“It was for PR for March, April, May, June 2015 for £550 a day. We do not understand how the work which she did equated to that kind of money owed.”

The bill included travelling to London with Katie and her mum for the ‘ This Morning ’ appearance which lasted eight minutes.

Travel and other expenses were met by ITV .

Katie was happy to travel down with her mum and Alan for the show, but says she did not need any PR advice for the trip.

She also appeared on BBC’s Songs of Praise after being approached by the show - with a bill from Ms Barber for that.

Vanessa and Katie, of Greenside, Tyne and Wear, say Ms Barber has already received a fee of £1500 for her work.

“Claire said she was going to ‘monetise’ the charity at the same time as taking her daily fee,” added Vanessa.

“I feel so frustrated and angry. We are so proud of Katie. I believe this bill should be paid on a point of principle.

“Claire offered to settle for £5,000 if Katie signed a gagging order and agreed not to speak about this.

“Alan did not want to get involved which I can understand. It is terrible to see Katie going through hell.

“All she has done is to try and help others, and so many others gave time and services free for the charity.”

Alan, 68, moved out of his home in Gateshead after the mugging and moved briefly to Scotland, but has now returned to Tyneside.

Katie, who grew up in the area with her mum, dad Alec, 44, and brother Michael, 19, helped others through her foundation, but has given up fundraising as she is so stressed about the court case.

Drug addict Richard Gatiss, 26, of Gateshead, was jailed for four years after admitting assaulting Alan in January, 2015.

Ms Barber was appointed to handle Katie’s PR in early 2015.

She said: “After several months’ intense work and blanket bespoke coverage across all media including the national newspapers, ITN and ITV This Morning and multiple TV interviews, Katie has made one payment but still hasn’t settled her bill over a year later, despite repeatedly being offered payment plans.

“At Katie’s request Claire Barber PR negotiated a personal fee for Katie of £1,000 to appear on the ITV This Morning. Once Katie started to put negative statements across social media it was decided to take it to the local claims court.

“Katie ignored this as she has with every other request for payment over the past year. As a small PR Consultancy this is not a debt we are able to carry”.