Nigella Lawson branded a 'habitual criminal' who created a 'culture of secrecy'

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

The 53-year-old TV chef was accused in court yesterday of allowing former assistants Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo to spend around £685,000 on a credit card belonging to her and ex-husband Charles Saatchi, 70, in an attempt to stop them revealing her illicit habit - which reportedly included snorting cocaine on a daily basis, smoking cannabis and abusing prescription medicine - to her spouse.