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 the boy confronted her as an adult.
She said that he was “making demands of me”, adding: “It seemed like it was to do with money.”
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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.
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3:40 PM May 14, 2021
Lady Lavinia has denied 17 counts of sexually abusing a boy under the age of 12
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The Newmarket-based widow of a Court of Appeal judge wiped away tears as she denied sexually abusing a young boy in the 1980s.
Lady Lavinia Nourse, of The Severals, Newmarket, was married to Sir Martin Nourse, who died in 2017 aged 85.
The 77-year-old told jurors at Peterborough s Nightingale court, where she is on trial for historical sexual abuse, that she didn t know what the hell was going on when the boy accused her.
Asked by defence barrister Jonathan Caplan QC if she had ever sexually abused the boy, she said no, absolutely not , before breaking down in tears.
Judge’s widow makes tearful denial of ‘repulsive’ sexual abuse allegations
Lady Nourse is on trial for 17 counts of sexually abusing a boy under the age of 12
14 May 2021 • 9:31pm
Lady Nourse arrives at Peterborough Knights Hall, a temporary Nightingale court in the grounds of Peterborough Cathedral
Credit: Terry Harris
The elderly widow of a Court of Appeal judge wiped away tears in court as she denied the “completely repulsive” allegations that she sexually abused a young boy in the 1980s.
Lady Nourse, the widow of senior judge Sir Martin Nourse, who died in 2017, is on trial for 17 counts of sexually abusing a boy under the age of 12.