Bannatyne in Twitter spat

Dragon offered £50K to the first person to break the users arms...

08:43 03 August 2011

Dragon’s Den star Duncan Bannatyne has offered £50,000 for someone to break the arms of a man who threatened his daughter on social networking site, Twitter.

The millionaire businessman received a series of tweets from a user who threatened to harm his daughter if the entrepreneur didn't pay him.

The user posted to the Scottish Dragon:

"I'm looking for a £35,000 investment to stop us hurting your Hollie. We'll bring hurt and pain into your life. We are watching her.

"She is very attractive. Want photos? Tweet using the hashtag £4money to confirm payment."

The Scottish entrepreneur the tweeted to his 370,000 followers:

"I offer £25,000 reward for the capture of the coward who calls himself @YuriVasilyev_ Double if his arms are broken first."

He later deleted the post and instead offered £30,000 for information leading to the arrest of the man behind the threats.

A statement from the tycoon said:

"My family is well protected, but I take any threat to them very seriously and will do all I can to ensure the person or people involved are caught."