11:22 EDT, 14 May 2021
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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 seems like it was to do with money.
12:21 EDT, 13 May 2021
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An eyewitness saw Lady Lavinia Nourse sexually abuse a young boy twice while her late husband, a Court of Appeal judge, promised to deal with it , a court has heard.
Lady Lavinia, of Newmarket in Suffolk, is on trial at Peterborough s Nightingale court, in the Knight s Chamber at the city s cathedral, charged with historical sexual abuse.
The 77-year-old was married to Sir Martin Nourse, who died in 2017 aged 85.
Today, a woman told how she twice walked into a room and saw Lady Lavinia carrying out a sexual act on the boy.
Giving evidence, she claimed that she told Nourse s late husband what she had seen after each incident and he had promised to deal with it.
Lady Lavinia Nourse, from Newmarket, Suffolk, is on trial at Peterborough s Nightingale court, in the Knight s Chamber at the city s cathedral, charged with historical sexual abuse.