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| Justin Lee Collins tells court: 'I've never hit anyone in my life' | Justin Lee Collins tells court: 'I've never hit anyone in my life' |
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| Comedian and television presenter Justin Lee Collins, on trial for domestic and emotional abuse, has told a court that he has never hit anyone in his life. | Comedian and television presenter Justin Lee Collins, on trial for domestic and emotional abuse, has told a court that he has never hit anyone in his life. |
| The 38-year-old is accused of slapping and harassing his ex-girlfriend, Anna Larke, during their nine-month relationship. | The 38-year-old is accused of slapping and harassing his ex-girlfriend, Anna Larke, during their nine-month relationship. |
| Transcripts of police interviews Collins gave after his arrest were read to the jury at St Albans crown court. In them he told officers that Larke, a recovering alcoholic, was possessive and believed he was going to go off with other women. | Transcripts of police interviews Collins gave after his arrest were read to the jury at St Albans crown court. In them he told officers that Larke, a recovering alcoholic, was possessive and believed he was going to go off with other women. |
| Larke has claimed Collins attacked her in their Miami hotel room in March 2011. | Larke has claimed Collins attacked her in their Miami hotel room in March 2011. |
| In court, Collins said he had only ever slapped Larke to calm her down when she was self-harming, which he claimed she did, once gouging her wrists and threatening to commit suicide. | In court, Collins said he had only ever slapped Larke to calm her down when she was self-harming, which he claimed she did, once gouging her wrists and threatening to commit suicide. |
| He said that "she had a screaming fit" during a relapse in the hotel room, and continued: "She would have episodes and I would try to calm her down. She was saying 'You are going to hit me, you are going to hit me', and I was saying: 'What are you talking about?' | He said that "she had a screaming fit" during a relapse in the hotel room, and continued: "She would have episodes and I would try to calm her down. She was saying 'You are going to hit me, you are going to hit me', and I was saying: 'What are you talking about?' |
| "I have never hit anyone in my life. I don't know where what she was saying comes from." | "I have never hit anyone in my life. I don't know where what she was saying comes from." |
| He then said that a man came to the hotel room to ask if "everything was all right". | He then said that a man came to the hotel room to ask if "everything was all right". |
| Collins, who was a regular host of Channel 4's The Friday Night Project, denies harassing Larke, a former video games public relations worker. | Collins, who was a regular host of Channel 4's The Friday Night Project, denies harassing Larke, a former video games public relations worker. |
| The case continues. | The case continues. |
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