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Mills felt 'trapped by paparazzi' Mills felt 'trapped by paparazzi'
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Photographers who cornered Heather Mills-McCartney to take her picture made her feel like a "trapped animal", Brighton Magistrates' Court has heard.Photographers who cornered Heather Mills-McCartney to take her picture made her feel like a "trapped animal", Brighton Magistrates' Court has heard.
The estranged wife of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney was giving evidence at the trial of Jay Kaycappa, 31, who is accused of assaulting her in July.The estranged wife of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney was giving evidence at the trial of Jay Kaycappa, 31, who is accused of assaulting her in July.
He is alleged to have grabbed her shoulder and turned her round to take her picture in a Brighton subway.He is alleged to have grabbed her shoulder and turned her round to take her picture in a Brighton subway.
The freelance photographer, from Fareham, Hampshire, denies the charge.The freelance photographer, from Fareham, Hampshire, denies the charge.
My name is Heather Anne Mills-McCartney, soon to be just Mills Lady McCartney Prosecutor Dale Sullivan said: "Since Ms Mills-McCartney and her estranged husband announced their split it would appear that members of the press have followed Ms McCartney and waited near her home. Prosecutor Dale Sullivan said: "Since Ms Mills-McCartney and her estranged husband announced their split it would appear that members of the press have followed Ms McCartney and waited near her home."
"The crown say one particular photographer has been particularly persistent in following her around." My name is Heather Anne Mills-McCartney, soon to be just Mills Lady McCartney
Lady McCartney said under cross-examination that she had wheeled her bike into the subway on Brighton seafront to escape the paparazzi on 5 July 2006. Lady McCartney said she wheeled her bike into the subway on Brighton seafront to escape paparazzi on 5 July 2006.
She said: "I panicked and thought I'll go back the other way and that's when I turned round and saw Mr Kaycappa. The 39-year-old former model said: "I panicked and thought I'll go back the other way and that's when I turned round and saw Mr Kaycappa.
"I felt concerned... because I had one there and one there and I felt like a trapped animal so I turned into the wall to get on my phone.""I felt concerned... because I had one there and one there and I felt like a trapped animal so I turned into the wall to get on my phone."
Lady McCartney said: "My name is Heather Anne Mills-McCartney, soon to be just Mills" when asked to give her name in court. She said: "I felt a hand on my shoulder. He yanked me round."
Claiming the assault had left her with a damaged vertebra, she said she left the tunnel and cycled to meet friends at a cafe, where the paparazzi tracked her down.
'Four-second gap'
Defending, Anya Lewis showed a sequence of photographs, taken by Mr Kaycappa, showing Lady McCartney entering the subway at 1245 BST, leaving two minutes later, and then at the cafe at 1302 BST.
Miss Lewis said: "If the times in the photographs are accurate, you have lied."
She continued: "At no stage did the defendant enter the tunnel."
Lady McCartney said Mr Kaycappa assaulted her in a four-second gap in the sequence.
When she was asked to give her name in court, Lady McCartney said: "My name is Heather Anne Mills-McCartney, soon to be just Mills".