Miranda Kerr intruder who allegedly stabbed guard in face charged with attempted murder

Disturbing incident took place at supermodel's Malibu home

Miranda Kerr quickly regained her composure at the Vanity Fair after party

A man who attempted to break into the home of supermodel Miranda Kerr and allegedly stabbed a security guard in the face has been charged with attempted murder.

Shaun Anthony Haywood, from Australia, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated mayhem and assault with a deadly weapon on Tuesday by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

The 29-year-old allegedly broke into the multi-million-dollar mansion owned by Kerr, which she purchased after splitting with Orlando Bloom in 2014, in an attempt to give her a letter. Haywood is accused of grabbing the knife from the security guard and slashing his face before being shot three times by the guard.

Kerr was not in the property at the time.

Both men were taken to hospital for treatment after the incident and prosecutors have recommended bail is set at $1 million.

Kerr, 33, is engaged to the SnapChat founder Evan Spiegel, 26. The pair bought a Los Angeles property worth an estimated $12 million in May.

Kerr moved into the Malibu property with her five-year-old son after a decade of living in New York and it was featured in a shoot for Harper’s Bazaar magazine in September 2016.

“I’ve had the house feng-shuied, I’ve had it blessed, I’ve had it doused, I’ve had it checked for electromagnetic fields, I ‘sage’ all the time,” she told Vogue in 2015.

“I wanted it to be like a private little oasis where I could come and feel like I could escape from the world and rejuvenate, because I travel a lot. When I come home, I really want to be able to disconnect from everything outside of these walls.”

In 2013, it emerged the Australian former Victoria Secret’s model was targeted by a group of teenage thieves dubbed the ‘bling ring’ who also targeted Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.