Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard today apologised for lashing out three times at a man in a bar brawl, saying he mistakenly believed he was about to attack him.

JOCKEYS are not obliged to do what trainers tell them to do before races, a steward told the Old Bailey trial of Kieren Fallon yesterday.

QUEEN ELIZABETH’S horse Daring Aim almost found herself as the star witness in the Kieren Fallon race-fixing trial today.

The queen of England’s horse Daring Aim almost found herself as the star witness in the Kieren Fallon race-fixing trial today.

The suggestion that top jockey Kieren Fallon was deliberately trying to lose races was “simply ridiculous”, a betting scam trial was told yesterday.

ROMAN POLANSKI’S libel action against the publishers of Vanity Fair magazine neared its conclusion yesterday, with both sides in the case putting final arguments to the jury.

ACTRESS Mia Farrow told a British court yesterday of Roman Polanski’s “utter sense of loss” at his wife’s brutal murder.

FILM director Roman Polanski told a British libel jury yesterday that it was an “abominable lie” to suggest he exploited his murdered wife’s name to seduce a girl.

Roman Polanski sued for libel today over a claim that he “went on the pull” after his wife’s brutal murder and exploited her name as a “tool of seduction”.

The parents of Tommy Cressman wept at the Old Bailey as they heard how their son tried to save his life by pulling an eight-inch kitchen knife from his chest.