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| Comedy actor Chris Langham kissed the girl he is accused of indecently assaulting during an acting lesson, a jury has heard. | Comedy actor Chris Langham kissed the girl he is accused of indecently assaulting during an acting lesson, a jury has heard. |
| His alleged victim, who was 14 at the time, told Maidstone Crown Court his actions had left her "stunned". | His alleged victim, who was 14 at the time, told Maidstone Crown Court his actions had left her "stunned". |
| Mr Langham, 58, from Kent, has denied 10 counts of indecent assault and two counts of a serious sexual offence on a girl under 18 between 1996 and 2000. | Mr Langham, 58, from Kent, has denied 10 counts of indecent assault and two counts of a serious sexual offence on a girl under 18 between 1996 and 2000. |
| He also denies 15 counts of making an indecent image of a child in 2005. | He also denies 15 counts of making an indecent image of a child in 2005. |
| The alleged victim, now 25, told the court that she and Mr Langham, of Golford, near Cranbrook, had been reading through scripts of Shakespeare and he had been teaching her breathing techniques. | The alleged victim, now 25, told the court that she and Mr Langham, of Golford, near Cranbrook, had been reading through scripts of Shakespeare and he had been teaching her breathing techniques. |
| 'Dressing room kiss' | 'Dressing room kiss' |
| Mr Langham had been helping her to prepare for an audition. | Mr Langham had been helping her to prepare for an audition. |
| She said: "He was talking about the diaphragm and how you breathe... he lifted up his top so I could see how his stomach would expand and slowly go down. | She said: "He was talking about the diaphragm and how you breathe... he lifted up his top so I could see how his stomach would expand and slowly go down. |
| "I tried to do the breathing techniques as well but I felt a bit silly and then I sat down in the chair which was near the door... and then he came up and he gave me a small kiss on the lips." | "I tried to do the breathing techniques as well but I felt a bit silly and then I sat down in the chair which was near the door... and then he came up and he gave me a small kiss on the lips." |
| Responding to questions from prosecutor Richard Barraclough QC, she said it had been "a soft kiss" which had lasted about 20 to 30 seconds. | Responding to questions from prosecutor Richard Barraclough QC, she said it had been "a soft kiss" which had lasted about 20 to 30 seconds. |
| Chris Langham starred in BBC TV series The Thick of It | Chris Langham starred in BBC TV series The Thick of It |
| Mr Barraclough asked: "Did he tell you why he'd come up to you and kissed you?" | Mr Barraclough asked: "Did he tell you why he'd come up to you and kissed you?" |
| The girl replied: "He said it was so I could relate to the character and it would help me with Shakespeare, because I wasn't from a close family so I didn't understand the meaning of affection and love to the extent I could have done..." | The girl replied: "He said it was so I could relate to the character and it would help me with Shakespeare, because I wasn't from a close family so I didn't understand the meaning of affection and love to the extent I could have done..." |
| She said they later kissed in his dressing room for about five to 10 minutes and Mr Langham said it was "okay" and "normal". | She said they later kissed in his dressing room for about five to 10 minutes and Mr Langham said it was "okay" and "normal". |
| She said: "I didn't really have much emotion or feeling. | She said: "I didn't really have much emotion or feeling. |
| "I guess it was okay because he was nice and I trusted him." | "I guess it was okay because he was nice and I trusted him." |
| 'Abortion arrangement' | 'Abortion arrangement' |
| The court heard he bought her gifts from Harvey Nichols and Harrods, a top from Jane Norman and a pair of Armani trousers. | The court heard he bought her gifts from Harvey Nichols and Harrods, a top from Jane Norman and a pair of Armani trousers. |
| She said they regularly spoke on the phone, and added: "He would call me more than me him." | She said they regularly spoke on the phone, and added: "He would call me more than me him." |
| The court heard she was 14 when she lost her virginity to him in a hotel room. | The court heard she was 14 when she lost her virginity to him in a hotel room. |
| And she said she had "two or three" pregnancy scares. | And she said she had "two or three" pregnancy scares. |
| She said: "I remember him saying to me there was a small chance I could be pregnant and if I was he would arrange an abortion." | She said: "I remember him saying to me there was a small chance I could be pregnant and if I was he would arrange an abortion." |
| She described sex and sex acts occurring in hotel rooms "which all kind of looked the same after a while" and also in his dressing room. | She described sex and sex acts occurring in hotel rooms "which all kind of looked the same after a while" and also in his dressing room. |
| The woman said that as time passed, the pair had sex on almost every occasion they met, with the most common place being in his dressing room. | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |