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Justin Lee Collins 'pushed girlfriend into traffic' | Justin Lee Collins 'pushed girlfriend into traffic' |
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TV presenter Justin Lee Collins pushed his girlfriend in front of traffic after a drinking session with his co-star Alan Carr, a court has heard. | TV presenter Justin Lee Collins pushed his girlfriend in front of traffic after a drinking session with his co-star Alan Carr, a court has heard. |
Anna Larke, 38, told jurors at St Albans Crown Court it was part of the abuse she suffered during her nine-month relationship with Mr Collins. | Anna Larke, 38, told jurors at St Albans Crown Court it was part of the abuse she suffered during her nine-month relationship with Mr Collins. |
Ms Larke, of Pirton, Hertfordshire, said Mr Collins was drunk at the time of the alleged incident. | Ms Larke, of Pirton, Hertfordshire, said Mr Collins was drunk at the time of the alleged incident. |
The comedian denies a charge of harassment, causing fear of violence. | The comedian denies a charge of harassment, causing fear of violence. |
Giving evidence from behind a curtain, Ms Larke spoke of her night out with Mr Collins and Mr Carr. | Giving evidence from behind a curtain, Ms Larke spoke of her night out with Mr Collins and Mr Carr. |
"Justin shoved me in the back and pushed me into the traffic," she said. | "Justin shoved me in the back and pushed me into the traffic," she said. |
"He was drunk. I was lucky a man stepped in to save me." | "He was drunk. I was lucky a man stepped in to save me." |
'Drive me insane' | |
Asked by Sonia Woodley QC, for Mr Collins, if Mr Carr could confirm her story, she replied: "Alan was drunk as well." | Asked by Sonia Woodley QC, for Mr Collins, if Mr Carr could confirm her story, she replied: "Alan was drunk as well." |
The jury of nine women and three men has heard that Mr Collins, also 38, who has been appearing in the West End hit Rock of Ages, used a Pukka pad notebook to list every sexual experience Ms Larke had with every one of her previous lovers. | |
He is alleged to have "controlled" Ms Larke by forcing her to close her Facebook, Twitter and email accounts, once he had read all the messages. | He is alleged to have "controlled" Ms Larke by forcing her to close her Facebook, Twitter and email accounts, once he had read all the messages. |
The Bristol-born comic, from High Park Road, Kew, pleads not guilty to harassment by causing Ms Larke fear of violence between 1 January and 1 August last year. | |
It is alleged he assaulted her and threatened her with violence. | |
Under cross examination, Ms Larke denied being "emotional, obsessive, paranoid and volatile." | |
She said: "He used to drive me insane." | |
Miss Woodley put to Ms Larke that it was her idea to compile the Pukka pad notebook about her past because she wanted to "unburden herself". | |
Ms Larke replied: "The Pukka Pad was a stick he used to beat me in the relationship." | |
Prosecutor Peter Shaw said the relationship was "characterised by this defendant exerting control over her, verbally abusing her and physically assaulting her". | |
The trial continues. |