THE wife of ex-Celtic star Magnus Hedman has told of the hell she suffered at the hands of her gangster first husband.

Terrified Magdalena Graaf revealed how she was tortured, beaten and shot at during years of abuse with the crime boss.

Model Magdalena, 32, was even left fearing for the life of her first child after one evil attack while pregnant.

The shocking catalogue of abuse is revealed in the star's harrowing new autobiography.

The gangster - known only as Jon - even put a contract out on her life after she said she was leaving him.

Mum-of-three Magdalena said: "That was a mistake.

"He grabbed hold of my handbag and kept beating me with it until the shoulder strap broke, then he turned and walked back into the bedroom.

"Trembling with fear I went out and closed the front door behind me. Was it dead now, the tiny baby I had just found out I was carrying inside me.

"I hugged my stomach and lay down to sleep on the bench next to a bus stop."

The attack happened just months before the couple were due to be married.

The next day her soon-to-be husband was full of remorse - and Magdalena decided to go ahead with the wedding.

But the 6ft 2ins steroid-using fitness fanatic continued his torrent of abuse - and once even shot at her.

He slept with a gun under his pillow and when Magdalena tried to fight back he threatened to kill her dad and send his henchmen to rape her sister.

The day before she plucked up the courage to leave Jon, he issued his chilling death warning saying: "Killing you will be a real pleasure."

The abuse continued on and off for two-and-a-half years before Magdalena fled with her son, moving from refuge to refuge as her husband tried to track her down.

Jon was finally arrested and jailed but continued his threats from prison until she plucked up the courage to confront him.

Magdalena added: "Where I got my courage and my willpower from I don't know."

Following the abuse, Magdalena threw herself into a modelling career before enjoying pop success with her sister Hannah in Sweden.

She went on to marry former Celtic goalkeeper Magnus Hedman, who enjoyed three years with the Hoops from 2002 until 2005, in 1999.

The couple split for a period in April 2005 saying they had "drifted apart".

But following a series of heart-to-heart meetings they renewed their wedding vows six months later in October.