Jade Goody confronted by intruder

Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August 2008

Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody has been confronted in hospital by a woman leaning over her holding a hammer, according to her spokesman.

Max Clifford said Ms Goody's husband had left her for a few minutes when the intruder entered her room at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London.

The star was not hurt but had been left "very shaken up", he added.

Scotland Yard said a 41-year-old woman had been arrested for possession of an offensive weapon.

Ms Goody has only weeks to live after her cervical cancer spread to her liver, groin and bowel.

'Not hurt'

Mr Clifford told the BBC that the intruder had been muttering or praying.

He said her husband, Jack Tweed, had only just left her room when the woman entered.

Ms Goody shouted to nurses who came into her room, Mr Clifford added.

"Jack had been with her for a few hours and had gone to get a cup of tea in the canteen when this happened," Mr Clifford said.

"She woke up to find this woman leaning over her.

"She was not hurt but was very shaken up as you can imagine."

He added that security had been stepped up around Ms Goody following the incident.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed that a woman had been taken into custody in west London after she was found to be in possession of a hammer.

Ms Goody had been resting after a christening ceremony at the hospital the previous day.

Her sons Bobby, five, and Freddy, four, were also christened during what Mr Clifford called a "very short and emotional service".