This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43542956
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Sophie Lionnet death: Boyzone founder 'never heard' of French nanny | Sophie Lionnet death: Boyzone founder 'never heard' of French nanny |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| A former member of Boyzone embroiled in the murder case of his ex-girlfriend's French nanny told jurors he "never, ever" had any contact with the victim. | A former member of Boyzone embroiled in the murder case of his ex-girlfriend's French nanny told jurors he "never, ever" had any contact with the victim. |
| Mark Walton was allegedly at the heart of his former partner's campaign of torture against Sophie Lionnet. | Mark Walton was allegedly at the heart of his former partner's campaign of torture against Sophie Lionnet. |
| Sabrina Kouider, 35, and Ouissem Medouni, 40, beat the 21-year-old au pair into a confession that she was in league with Mr Walton to spy on the family, the Old Bailey heard. | Sabrina Kouider, 35, and Ouissem Medouni, 40, beat the 21-year-old au pair into a confession that she was in league with Mr Walton to spy on the family, the Old Bailey heard. |
| They deny killing her hours later. | They deny killing her hours later. |
| Ms Lionnet's body was thrown on to a bonfire in their garden in Southfields, south-west London, the court heard. | Ms Lionnet's body was thrown on to a bonfire in their garden in Southfields, south-west London, the court heard. |
| Giving evidence, Mr Walton, who is based in Los Angeles, told jurors his ex-partner, Ms Kouider, would "flip" during their two-year turbulent relationship. | Giving evidence, Mr Walton, who is based in Los Angeles, told jurors his ex-partner, Ms Kouider, would "flip" during their two-year turbulent relationship. |
| He would support the fashion designer with thousands of pounds every month, even paying her rent long after she left him, he told the court. | He would support the fashion designer with thousands of pounds every month, even paying her rent long after she left him, he told the court. |
| On their relationship, he said: "It was turbulent, probably the most turbulent relationship I had ever been in. | On their relationship, he said: "It was turbulent, probably the most turbulent relationship I had ever been in. |
| "She would go from a softly spoken French accent, then she would flip, get very angry, very loud and just not care where we were. | "She would go from a softly spoken French accent, then she would flip, get very angry, very loud and just not care where we were. |
| "She would just go crazy over something trivial." | "She would just go crazy over something trivial." |
| The first he heard about Miss Lionnet was on 21 September last year when he was contacted by murder detectives, he said. | The first he heard about Miss Lionnet was on 21 September last year when he was contacted by murder detectives, he said. |
| Referring to accusations levelled at him by Ms Kouider, prosecutor Richard Horwell QC said: "Have you ever been party to a plot to drug the people in the Wimbledon flat and, whilst unconscious, sexually abuse the occupants?" | Referring to accusations levelled at him by Ms Kouider, prosecutor Richard Horwell QC said: "Have you ever been party to a plot to drug the people in the Wimbledon flat and, whilst unconscious, sexually abuse the occupants?" |
| Mr Walton said: "Absolutely not." | Mr Walton said: "Absolutely not." |
| He said the last time he was in the UK was when he went to a meeting in October 2015 and he told jurors he had "never, ever" heard of Ms Lionnet or ever been in contact with her. | He said the last time he was in the UK was when he went to a meeting in October 2015 and he told jurors he had "never, ever" heard of Ms Lionnet or ever been in contact with her. |
| Mr Walton told jurors he "created" Boyzone in 1993 and was in the band for about a year before going on to be involved in Fifth Avenue. | Mr Walton told jurors he "created" Boyzone in 1993 and was in the band for about a year before going on to be involved in Fifth Avenue. |
| Who is Mark Walton? | Who is Mark Walton? |
| 1993: Auditions take place for a new Irish boyband. Mark Walton, along with Keith Duffy, Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch and Richie Rock form Boyzone and are later managed by Louis Walsh | |
| 1994: Mark Walton and Richie Rock leave the band | |
| 2000s: After Boyzone, Mr Walton sets up a band called Fifth Avenue, and also gets involved with the management of Irish girlband B*Witched | |
| 2015: Mr Walton appears as a judge on Vietnam's Pop Idol | |
| 2017: Mr Walton named during the murder case of his ex-girlfriend's French nanny | |
| By the time he met Ms Kouider in 2011 he was doing well financially in the music business, he said. | By the time he met Ms Kouider in 2011 he was doing well financially in the music business, he said. |
| Mr Walton said he paid for Ms Kouider's nannies but she would fire them over accusations of stealing and of being interested in him, the court heard. | Mr Walton said he paid for Ms Kouider's nannies but she would fire them over accusations of stealing and of being interested in him, the court heard. |
| "I actually challenged Sabrina on this. I did not believe her," he told the court. | "I actually challenged Sabrina on this. I did not believe her," he told the court. |
| Ms Kouider and Mr Medouni have admitted perverting the course of justice but deny murder. | Ms Kouider and Mr Medouni have admitted perverting the course of justice but deny murder. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |