Court hears of three assaults by Ian Bailey

Life with journalist Ian Bailey has not been a bed of roses, his partner Jules Thomas agreed in the High Court yesterday.

She told the jury about being assaulted by Mr Bailey a first time in 1993; a second in 1996; and a third in 2001. There had been absolutely no violent incidents since, she said.

The violence, she told the jury, was “still a bad memory” and “kind of unforgiveable”, but she did believe “there is good in everyone”.