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.

Jurors in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi have been warned to ignore comments made by British Prime Minister David Cameron about the celebrity cook.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi was “cagey” and “secretive” about where she got her designer clothes and spent most of the time at work on Facebook, a court has heard.

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 may be a “domestic goddess” but she did not accept being called “the lady of the house” in a day when the courtroom was given an insight into life in the family home.

Nigella Lawson accused her ex-husband, Charles Saatchi, of threatening to “destroy” her.

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.

The accountant in charge of Charles Saatchi’s finances has told a court he increased the art dealer’s assistant’s credit limit to £100,000 (€120,000) without telling Mr Saatchi the amount.

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 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 they were “being treated worse than Filipino slaves” when they were confronted over their alleged spending sprees at the couple’s expense, a court has heard.

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.

Charles Saatchi referred to his former wife, Nigella Lawson, as “Higella” and accused her of being so off her head on drugs that she allowed their personal assistants to spend the couple’s money on whatever they liked, a court heard.

Charles Saatchi accused his former wife Nigella Lawson of being "so off your heads on drugs" that she allowed their personal assistants to spend whatever they liked.