TV cook Nigella Lawson has said her “only desire” during the trial of her and ex-husband Charles Saatchi’s personal assistants was to protect her children but “alas I couldn’t always do”.

TV cook Nigella Lawson said she was “disappointed but unsurprised” by the acquittal of her former personal assistants on fraud charges, adding that her experience as a witness was “deeply disturbing”.

Nigella Lawson has blasted what she claimed was a “ridiculous sideshow of false allegations about drug use” as she told of her disappointment at the not guilty verdicts against two former assistants.

Two former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and his ex-wife Nigella Lawson have been cleared of fraud.

Multi-millionaire Charles Saatchi has been accused of using the trial of his two former personal assistants to attack his ex-wife Nigella Lawson.

Multimillionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi told a personal assistant accused of defrauding him and former wife Nigella Lawson that he would “destroy” her, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson’s former personal assistant “frequently” found rolled-up banknotes with white powder on them in her handbag, she told a court today.

One of the former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson accused of defrauding the celebrity couple said she was given a bank card to withdraw her own salary and buy “anything I wanted”.

Television cook Nigella Lawson was unhappy in her marriage to Charles Saatchi and was blocked from working abroad by him, her former personal assistant has told a court.

One of the former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson accused of defrauding the celebrity couple said she was given a bank card to withdraw her own salary and buy “anything I wanted”.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has told a court the TV cook allowed their children to smoke cannabis.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has accused them of lying under oath as she gave evidence in her trial.

A personal assistant accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has told a court that she saw evidence of regular drug use by the celebrity cook.

The judge in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has issued a rebuke to UK Prime Minister David Cameron over comments he made about the celebrity chef, urging the jury to reach its verdicts on the evidence alone.

Nigella Lawson is to be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey.

Two sisters accused of spending almost £700,000 (€836,000) on credit cards belonging to Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi wrote to the couple begging for forgiveness, a court has heard.

Charles Saatchi’s accountants did not scrutinise the credit cards used by his and Nigella Lawson’s personal assistants, because it was not their job to get involved in the household expenditure, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson was accused of stashing cocaine in a hollow book to hide her escalating habit, as she told a court she would never risk leaving her children as “orphans” by taking drugs.

Nigella Lawson has admitted in court to using cocaine, saying in one case it was because of “intimate terrorism” she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband Charles Saatchi.

Nigella Lawson arrived at court today as she prepares to give evidence in the trial of two of her former personal assistants.

Art dealer Charles Saatchi has told a court he was “utterly bereft” that a private email he sent to ex-wife Nigella Lawson referring to her being on drugs has been made public.

Charles Saatchi told a court today that he held the neck of his former wife Nigella Lawson last June “to make her focus”.

Charles Saatchi has told a court he was “utterly bereft” that a private email he sent to ex-wife Nigella Lawson referring to her being off her head on drugs has been made public.

Charles Saatchi has told a court it was his ex-wife Nigella Lawson’s idea to let their personal assistants have company credit cards.

The accountant in charge of Charles Saatchi’s finances has told a court he increased his personal assistant’s credit limit to £100,000 without telling the art dealer the amount.

Millionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi is expected to be questioned on details of his marriage to ex-wife Nigella Lawson today when he gives evidence in the trial of two former personal assistants to the celebrity couple.

Two personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and his ex-wife Nigella Lawson complained they were “being treated worse than Filipino slaves” when they were confronted over their alleged spending sprees at the couple’s expense.

Two personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and his ex-wife Nigella Lawson complained that they were “being treated worse than Filipino slaves” when they were confronted over their alleged spending sprees on the couple’s credit cards, a court has heard.

Millionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi’s accountant has told a court he did not tell his boss and his ex-wife Nigella Lawson his suspicions that their personal assistants were spending thousands of pounds of their money as he did not want to bother them with “trivial matters”.

Nigella Lawson has been branded a "habitual criminal" who created a "culture of secrecy" in her marriage by hiding her alleged drug use.

Jurors in the trial of two personal assistants to Nigella Lawson and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi, who are accused of using a company credit card to spend more than £685,000 (€820,000) on themselves, have been told the case is “not about other issues of matrimonial discord or drug taking”.

TV cook Nigella Lawson was described as a “habitual criminal” in court today.

Two sisters who acted as personal assistants to Nigella Lawson and her former husband Charles Saatchi will stand trial in Britain today accused of using a credit card given to them by the celebrity couple to buy things for themselves.

Hans Rausing, one of Britain’s richest men, avoided a jail sentence today after he admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva’s body.

A woman has admitted to smashing a window at Simon Cowell's London home with a broken brick.

A 30-year-old woman has admitted smashing a window at music supremo Simon Cowell's London home with a broken brick.

A woman has appeared in court accused of breaking in to Simon Cowell's home wielding a broken brick.

England midfielder Jack Wilshere was part of a group which hurled homophobic insults at revellers before a fight began outside a nightclub, a court heard.

A SOCIALITE accused of letting a stranger fondle her breasts during a flight was yesterday cleared of being drunk on board an aircraft.

A socialite who cavorted with a fellow passenger on a flight from India was so drunk she was “on the verge of being dangerous”, the captain said today.

Snooker star Quinten Hann was found not guilty today of groping and attacking a singer and an actress at his home.

A teenager wept today as she recalled fearing she would die after “snarling” snooker star Quinten Hann groped and attacked her and a friend like a “crazed animal”.

REM guitarist Peter Buck assaulted British Airways cabin staff aboard a transatlantic flight, a court has heard.

REM's Peter Buck has been committed to crown court on charges relating to an alleged air rage incident on board a trans-Atlantic flight.