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Dame Mary Archer gives evidence in historical sex abuse trial of judge’s widow 13/05/2021, 3:59 pm
A general view of the Nightingale court at Knights Chamber, Peterborough Cathedral Visitor And Learning Centre (Jacob King/PA)
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 sexual abuse.
Lady Lavinia, the widow of Court of Appeal judge Sir Martin Nourse, told police that the allegations against her were “Cloud Cuckooland”, jurors heard on Thursday.
Sir Martin died in 2017 aged 85.
His 77-year-old widow is on trial at Peterborough’s Nightingale court, in the Knight’s Chamber at the city’s cathedral, where she denies 17 counts of sexually abusing a boy under the age of 12.