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| Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi restaurant 'row' studied by police | |
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| Police are inquiring into reports that the millionaire art collector Charles Saatchi gripped his wife, Nigella Lawson, by the throat several times during an argument outside a London restaurant. | Police are inquiring into reports that the millionaire art collector Charles Saatchi gripped his wife, Nigella Lawson, by the throat several times during an argument outside a London restaurant. |
| Photographs of the incident at Scott's restaurant in Mayfair – where Saatchi and Lawson regularly dine on the terrace so that Saatchi can smoke – appeared in the Sunday People, part of the Mirror group. | Photographs of the incident at Scott's restaurant in Mayfair – where Saatchi and Lawson regularly dine on the terrace so that Saatchi can smoke – appeared in the Sunday People, part of the Mirror group. |
| The photographs were taken through the screen of olive trees and box shrubs that partly screen the terrace, but the row could reportedly be seen and heard by other customers and passersby. | The photographs were taken through the screen of olive trees and box shrubs that partly screen the terrace, but the row could reportedly be seen and heard by other customers and passersby. |
| An onlooker said Saatchi had gripped Lawson first with his left hand, then both, and that by the end of the meal, despite kissing him on the cheek at one point, she left the restaurant in tears. "It was utterly shocking to watch," the source said. | An onlooker said Saatchi had gripped Lawson first with his left hand, then both, and that by the end of the meal, despite kissing him on the cheek at one point, she left the restaurant in tears. "It was utterly shocking to watch," the source said. |
| The story, and the ethics of its publication, were hotly debated on Twitter, with many shocked that people looked on and took photographs without making any attempt to intervene or call the police. One tweet suggested that whoever sold the photographs should donate the fee to domestic abuse charity Refuge. | The story, and the ethics of its publication, were hotly debated on Twitter, with many shocked that people looked on and took photographs without making any attempt to intervene or call the police. One tweet suggested that whoever sold the photographs should donate the fee to domestic abuse charity Refuge. |
| The author and former MP Louise Mensch tweeted: "Every single person saying 'it's Nigella's business' and 'don't interfere in their marriage' is a man." | The author and former MP Louise Mensch tweeted: "Every single person saying 'it's Nigella's business' and 'don't interfere in their marriage' is a man." |
| A spokesman for Scotland Yard said police are making inquiries, but have not launched a formal investigation. | A spokesman for Scotland Yard said police are making inquiries, but have not launched a formal investigation. |
| "We are aware of the reports, and we are making inquiries to establish the facts – but that does not constitute an investigation. No allegation has been made, and we have not spoken to any of the principles." | "We are aware of the reports, and we are making inquiries to establish the facts – but that does not constitute an investigation. No allegation has been made, and we have not spoken to any of the principles." |
| The incident apparently happened a week ago, and there has been no response to the publication of the story from either Lawson or Saatchi, who married 10 years ago, after the death of her first husband, the journalist John Diamond. | The incident apparently happened a week ago, and there has been no response to the publication of the story from either Lawson or Saatchi, who married 10 years ago, after the death of her first husband, the journalist John Diamond. |
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