Posh Spice Scare

11/24/1998 at 12:00 AM EST

Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham knocked a fan to the ground outside London's Harrods department store Wednesday night after the intruder lunged at her baby son, Brooklyn. "I was really frightened. He just came out of nowhere and grabbed Brooklyn," she told the Sun tabloid. "I gave him a massive push out of the way and we got into the car quickly. It was horrible. But I did what any mother would do." Christmas shoppers crowding the sidewalk reportedly were stunned to see the man moving towards the baby, who was being held by his father, Manchester United footballer David Beckham. "I just want a picture of me and Brooklyn together," witnesses said the man yelled. "Please, please let me."