Justin Lee Collins found guilty of harassing former partner Anna Larke
Justin Lee Collins has been found guilty of harassing his former girlfriend Anna Larke.
According to the BBC, a jury came back with their decision today - on the third day of deliberations at St Albans Crown Court.
Collins denied harassing his former partner Anna Larke.
Within minutes of the verdict, Bristol MP Kerry McCarthy had tweeted about it.
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She said she was not surprised about the verdict, based on a phone conversation she had heard Collins having on a train once.
During his ten-day trial the court heard details of the couple’s tempestuous relationship in which they frequently fell out and argued.
Video games public relations worker Ms Larke, 38, claimed Collins subjected her to various levels of emotional and domestic abuse.
She alleged that Collins, also 38, made her write down in a Pukka pad all her previous sexual encounters regardless of how graphic.
Collins, of Kew, south-west London, who made a name for himself with Channel 4’s The Friday Night Project, denied the charge of harassment and said recovering alcoholic Ms Larke, who moved in with him in January 2011, was obsessive, jealous and possessive and would send him a “barrage” of text messages wanting to know where he was and who he was with.
The pair met at a corporate event in 2006 and began an affair in 2007 to 2008 before splitting up.
The relationship resumed at the end of 2010 after the defendant’s marriage to his wife Karen broke down.
Collins and Ms Larke lived together from January to July last year.
Comments
by bubbled
Wednesday, October 10 2012, 7:34AM
“Pukka pad - more Pukka pie me thinks”
by pillowfight
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 10:10PM
“Is there anywhere online where we can read what she wrote down while she was in the pukka pad?
50 shades of Larke.”
by vrwrtuy
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 5:36PM
“I think he'll appeal and it will be reversed. Why didn't she just leave anyhow? ( I'm sure Kerry will put me right here ). At least his accuser has taken him to court when he's still alive and not waited til he was dead, like some recent accusations”
by dave_sombrero
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 5:32PM
“always the Pukka pad. bet sales have dropped”
by piledriver
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 4:50PM
“Kerry McCarthy felt compelled to "Tweet"....why?
What is the matter with these people who feel the need to pass comment on everytrhing and anything, often highly trivial and unimportant
This woman should spend her time on constituency matters and the important, not some has been alleged comedian and his ex.”
by forandaft
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 4:35PM
“And Collins,,,,,Get that hair cut !!!!!!!!!!!”
by Bedgreens
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 3:48PM
“it seems they were probably both telling the truth, six of one and half a dozen of the other - to quote Ian Curtis 'love tore them apart'”
by Lone_Ranger
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 3:47PM
“Will they also find him guilty of crimes against comedy?”
by Chuck2011
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 2:50PM
“Bad times indeed.”
by owenmc60
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 2:30PM
“well, his career was already pretty much dead (particularly compared with his ex-comedy-partner Alan Carr). This has put the final nail in the coffin, good riddance to bad rubbish!”