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Lisanne Beck, woman accused of Hyde Park concert sex act was 'tipsy', court hears | Lisanne Beck, woman accused of Hyde Park concert sex act was 'tipsy', court hears |
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A woman accused of performing a sex act during a crowded BBC Radio 2 Concert in Hyde Park said that she was "tipsy and merry" at the time but did nothing wrong. | A woman accused of performing a sex act during a crowded BBC Radio 2 Concert in Hyde Park said that she was "tipsy and merry" at the time but did nothing wrong. |
Lisanne Beck, 47, told the Old Bailey she was about a five on a one-to-ten scale of drunkenness. | Lisanne Beck, 47, told the Old Bailey she was about a five on a one-to-ten scale of drunkenness. |
She told the court: "I was not extremely drunk, I was happy." | She told the court: "I was not extremely drunk, I was happy." |
She insists that the incident, in which onlookers claimed she performed oral sex on her boyfriend, Simon Murphy, was just her trying to help him to the toilet. | She insists that the incident, in which onlookers claimed she performed oral sex on her boyfriend, Simon Murphy, was just her trying to help him to the toilet. |
Ms Beck told the jury: "I shook him because I wanted to wake him up and to try and assist him to the toilet." | Ms Beck told the jury: "I shook him because I wanted to wake him up and to try and assist him to the toilet." |
"He had not been to the toilet and I knew that he gets discomfort in his stomach because of a medical condition - IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)." | |
Concertgoers complained after seeing Beck and Murphy together during a set by Paloma Faith in September last year. | Concertgoers complained after seeing Beck and Murphy together during a set by Paloma Faith in September last year. |
The couple were filmed on a mobile phone by one concert-goer who said he was "shocked" by what he saw, the jury has heard. | The couple were filmed on a mobile phone by one concert-goer who said he was "shocked" by what he saw, the jury has heard. |
The court heard that the couple had each had around three or four cans of cider before arriving at the Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park concert on 14 September last year. Beck said she had also drunk from a pre-mixed bottle of vodka and coke. | The court heard that the couple had each had around three or four cans of cider before arriving at the Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park concert on 14 September last year. Beck said she had also drunk from a pre-mixed bottle of vodka and coke. |
The concert attracted TV audiences of 1.2 million people, and featured performances from Blondie, Paloma Faith and Billy Ocean. | The concert attracted TV audiences of 1.2 million people, and featured performances from Blondie, Paloma Faith and Billy Ocean. |
Beck said that Murphy seemed normal and "just happy" when they were at the event. | Beck said that Murphy seemed normal and "just happy" when they were at the event. |
She said that later she could not move him, as he was lying on the ground and was a "dead weight". | She said that later she could not move him, as he was lying on the ground and was a "dead weight". |
The next thing she recalls was security coming to throw the couple out of the event after being alterted by complaints. | The next thing she recalls was security coming to throw the couple out of the event after being alterted by complaints. |
Both Beck and Murphy deny a charge of outraging public decency, and have pleaded not guilty to behaving indecently by engaging in sexual activity including oral sex. | Both Beck and Murphy deny a charge of outraging public decency, and have pleaded not guilty to behaving indecently by engaging in sexual activity including oral sex. |
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