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TOM RAWSTORNE: Dabbing tears from her eyes as she was found not guilty of sex abuse, Lady Nourse told how the 'cruel and baseless allegations' had made her life a 'living hell'.
Lavinia Nourse, 77, of The Severals, Newmarket, arrives at court in Peterborough - Credit: Jacob King/PA Wire Former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind has given evidence as a character witness in the historic sex abuse trial of Suffolk's Lady Lavinia Nourse. The widow of High Court judge Sir Martin Nourse, who died in 2017 aged 85, Lady Lavinia is currently on trial at Peterborough's Nightingale court at the city's cathedral. The 77-year-old, of The Severals, Newmarket, denies 17 counts of sexually abusing a boy under the age of 12 in the 1980s. All of the charges relate to the...
Dame Mary Archer has given evidence as a defence witness at the trial of one of her "closest friends" Lady Lavinia Nourse, who is accused of historical...
By Press Association 2021 Lavinia Nourse court case The widow of a Court of Appeal judge who is charged with historical sexual abuse has told a court that her accuser had wanted money from her. Lady Lavinia Nourse was married to Sir Martin Nourse, who died in 2017 aged 85. The 77-year-old told Peterborough’s Nightingale court that a man, who has accused her of sexually abusing him as a boy in the 1980s, was “obviously after money”. Defence barrister Jonathan Caplan QC asked Lady Lavinia why she used the word “blackmail” when th...
11:22 EDT, 14 May 2021 5 shares The widow of a Court of Appeal judge today said a boy who accused her of sexual abuse in the 1980s was 'obviously after money' and 'very psychologically disturbed'. Lady Lavinia Nourse, 77, from Newmarket in Suffolk, is on trial at Peterborough's Nightingale court charged with 17 counts of historical sexual abuse. She today denied any sexual contact with her alleged victim, saying that she believed his claims were a 'fantasy' and 'beyond belief'. The defendant told jurors the man was 'obviously after money', adding he was 'making demands of me' and 'it see...