SAINTS legend Francis Benali will be at the centre of a kidnap drama at a Hampshire show celebrating the work of the emergency services.

Organisers have finally named the mystery celebrity who will have to fight off would-be abductors during a demonstration of the techniques used by bodyguards.

The kidnap attempt will be among the highlights of The 999 Show at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, on bank holiday Monday.

Last year Benali received the Freedom of Southampton after completing an epic charity challenge by running a marathon and cycling 75 miles every day for two weeks.

The 47-year-old father of two raised £356,000 for cancer sufferers across the UK.

During his visit to The 999 Show he will be guarded by members of the Specialist Operations Regiment – part of the Royal Military Police. They will be handed the task of keeping the former Saints star safe by foiling the kidnap bid.

The show is being hosted by Hampshire’s new High Sheriff, Mary Montagu-Scott.

Her car – a Skoda Yeti – will be transformed into a machine fit for law enforcement with a new livery, including the traditional High Sheriff coat of arms on the bonnet.

A Beaulieu spokesman said: “The show will celebrate the work of the emergency services and to highlight the eye-catching liveries on real-life emergency services vehicles Bluelite Graphics will be dressing the Sheriff’s Skoda at the show before putting it on display beside the events arena.

“Motoring enthusiasts can also see an amazing collection of historic emergency services vehicles in a display by the Blue Light Vehicle Preservation Group.”

Members of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers parachute display team will leap out of an aircraft at 5,500ft, leaving smoke trails before flying The 999 Show flag as they land.

Palace House, ancestral home of the Montagu family, will be the setting for a murder mystery called CSI Beaulieu.

Forensic investigators will show visitors how to hunt for clues, collect evidence and photograph the scene of a crime. Guides and actors will bring the story to life, enabling event-goers to follow the murder trail around the historic house.

The show will also feature a Community Speedwatch demonstration – an irony not lost on Mrs Montagu-Scott.

As reported in the Daily Echo her grandfather, the second Lord Montagu, was one of the first people to be fined for speeding.