Former Lawson PA had card 'for anything I wanted'

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”.

Former Lawson PA had card 'for anything I wanted'

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”.

Francesca Grillo, 35, said she was handed a bank card upon first being employed by art dealer Mr Saatchi more than a decade ago, with the simple instruction to withdraw her £300 a week wages and to buy anything she, Mr Saatchi, Ms Lawson or her children needed.

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