Lavinia Nourse, 77, of The Severals, Newmarket, arrives at court in Peterborough
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A man who has accused the widow of a Court of Appeal judge of sexually abusing him when he was a child in the 1980s told a court he realised the shame I carried wasn t mine to bear .
The 77-year-old was married to Sir Martin Nourse, who died in 2017 aged 85.
The charges, which all relate to the same male complainant, are five counts of indecently assaulting a boy and 12 counts of indecency with a child.
Jennifer Knight QC, prosecuting, earlier told the trial that the boy tried to bury away the memories of alleged abuse but that, years later, after he got married and had children, he became increasingly troubled by his recollection .
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Lady Lavinia Nourse goes on trial charged with historical sexual abuse 11/05/2021, 11:58 am
Lady Lavinia Nourse arrives at Peterborough Cathedral Visitor And Learning Centre, where she is charged with 17 counts of historical sexual abuse (Jacob King/ PA)
The widow of a High Court judge has gone on trial charged with the historical sexual abuse of a young boy in the 1980s.
Lady Lavinia Nourse, of Newmarket in Suffolk, was married to Sir Martin Nourse, who died in 2017 aged 85.
The 77-year-old has gone 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.
Lavinia Nourse, 77, of The Severals, Newmarket, arrives at court in Peterborough
- Credit: Jacob King/PA Wire
The Suffolk-based widow of a High Court judge has gone on trial charged with the historical sexual abuse of 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 has gone 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.
The charges, which all relate to the same male complainant, are five counts of indecently assaulting a boy and 12 counts of indecency with a child.