Houseguest Accused Of Groping Mum And Three Young Daughters

A Pinewood Film Studios audio editor groped a married mother and three of her daughters while a houseguest during renovations to his £1m home, a court heard today.

University of Chester graduate Harry Trevithick, 33, denies sexually assaulting the middle-aged mum and the girls aged 17; 15 and 12 years-old.

Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court was told married Trevithick and his wife Lily stayed in the annexe of the family’s £1.9m six-bedroom Putney home during a loft extension at their Battersea property.

He has an assistant editor credit for TV series ‘Zapped’, plus sound department credits for video games Hitman 2; Total War: Three Kingdoms and The Division 2.

Prosecutor Richard Jory KC told the jury the 15 year-old daughter revealed to her mother on August 16, 2019 that Trevithick’s behaviour the night before troubled her.

“She told her mother he followed her around the house and touched her and offered her alcohol and tried to kiss her when she was alone with him.

“The parents arranged a meeting to discuss this with him and confront him about it, plus the mother saying she had also been touched.”

Trevithick and his wife moved out of the annexe and six months later the parents told the 12 year-old what happened.

“The girl ran out of the room in tears and told her mother of an incident in her bedroom when the defendant came upstairs, sat on her bed and touched her thigh,” explained the KC.

The 17 year-old daughter then also came forward and said Trevithick touched her and the police were in formed.

He has pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexually assaulting the mother; one count of sexually assaulting the 17 year-old; three counts of sexually assaulting the 15 year-old and one count of sexually assaulting the 12 year-old.

The charges relate to between January 1, 2017 and September 1, 2019 and include incidents before Trevithick moved into the annexe.

Giving evidence from behind a screen the mother-of-four, whose youngest daughter is not involved in the case, told the jury: “In 2019 Harry started becoming over-familiar.

“He was helping my husband with gardening or DIY and I was baking in the kitchen when he came through.

“I was bending over, taking something out of the oven and I felt his hands on my hips and turned around completely shocked.

“It was very close to my bottom and I jumped up and had a hot tray out of the oven.

“I thought I may have misunderstood and it was my mistake. I was confused so didn’t talk to anyone.”

She said she second incident was in the hallway. “He was leaving and asked for a hug, which is not unusual and he said: ‘Oops, nearly kissed there.’

“That made me uncomfortable. We did kiss, but not on the lips, very close and I questioned myself if I encouraged that behaviour.”

The third incident occurred when the woman was looking for a book relating to her Masters course in the house’s study. 

“He came over to the bookcase and put his hands on my hip area.”

The 12 year-old gave a police video interview and explained Trevithick was attending a party hosted by her parents.

“It was common for Harry to always drink alcohol and he had seven or eight beers,” she said. “He came into my room and and said I should come back to the party.

“He put his hand on my thigh and I kind of just froze and he said: ‘Your too young to be tired.’

“I was just crying because I felt so uncomfortable. I moved my desk and put it in front of the door and collapsed into bed crying.”

Mr Jory told the court the charge relating to the 17 year-old daughter reflects multiple incidents.

“She says he touched her on a number of occasions, in particular on the bottom and made comments.

“He would sometimes hug her and put his hands around her and slide his hands down to her bottom and touch her hips and waist.

“She says it happened a lot and he also made crude comments to her and ask intimate questions about her relationship with her boyfriend.”

The 15 year-old was groped when alone in the house with Trevithick, said the prosecutor.

“He touched her and told her to kiss him when she was babysitting and sat on the sofa with a glass and bottle of wine.

“He offered her alcohol, but she declined and on the stairs he touched her bottom firmly for a number of seconds.

“In the kitchen he touched her again on the waist and before going to bed grabbed her waist forcefully and asked her for a kiss.”

Trevithick’s lawyer Ali Bajwa KC told the jury his client, of Birley Street, Battersea was a man of good character and innocent of the charges.

“There would have been hugs and kissing on the cheek and it is the defendant’s case that every time physical contact occurred it was wholly innocent.

“His case is that none of the contact was sexual. The family have viewed that innocent contact in an unfavourable light.”

Trial continues…………

Teen Kicked Woman Unconscious At Chelmsford Train Station

A teenage thug, who kicked a female train passenger unconscious by the station's ticket barriers, has been locked-up for three years.

Levis Lewis, 19, dragged the 49 year-old victim across the concourse of Chelmsford railway station, returning to kick her repeatedly again as she lay out cold.

PC Michael Weller, of British Transport Police (BTP), said afterwards: “Lewis launched a vicious and unprovoked attack on a woman, for which he deserves to spend his next years behind bars.”

Lewis, of Brassie Wood, Chelmsford pleaded guilty to one count of attempted grievous bodily harm.

Chelmsford Crown Court heard it was 11.30pm on October 14, last year when the victim entered the Essex rail station and began speaking to two people on the stairwell, one of whom was Lewis.

After a few minutes, he grabbed her arm, dragged her across the concourse floor and left her lying between the ticker barriers.

Lewis then walked away from the victim, but returned moments later and repeatedly kicked her in the head, causing her to fall unconscious.

He paused his attack temporarily to pick up some belongings that fell from his pockets, then kicked her in the head a further three times and left the station.

Members of the public discovered the victim and called an ambulance. 

She was taken to hospital for treatment to head and face wounds she sustained during the attack.

An investigation was launched by BTP officers to trace Lewis and following a public appeal which included CCTV images of him, he was identified and arrested in January.

Who's Laughing now?: Award-Winning Comedy Producer Jimmy Mulville Caught By 'CyclingMikey'

Flipping The Bird: Mulville

Award-winning television producer Jimmy Mulville was caught on camera flipping his middle finger to road safety activist ‘CyclingMikey’, who caught him using his mobile phone while driving a £140,000 Aston Martin.

The 68 year-old writer and comedian, who is also co-founder and managing director of Hat Trick Productions, claims he was reading texts during a family emergency.

City of London Magistrates’ Court heard Mulville mouthed: ‘Go f*** yourself,’ to cyclist Mike Van Erp, 52, as he leaned in to record the Liverpool-born funnyman.

He was convicted on Thursday of using a handheld mobile phone on July 29, last year on Battersea Bridge Road, while driving his silver six-litre V-12  Aston Martin Rapide.

Mulville, who lives in a £12m Earl’s Court house in Collingham Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, was fined £1,000, with £625 costs and a £400 victim surcharge.

He also received six penalty points to the three already on his licence.

Camera: Mike Van Erp

He was prosecuted after Van Erp recorded him on his GoPro camera while cycling across the bridge and reported him to the police.

Mulvile, who performed for Cambridge Footlights when studying French and Classics at the university’s Jesus College, did not attend the trial due to ill health, but was represented by a lawyer.

Hat Trick Productions are responsible for hits shows ‘Father Ted’; ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’; ‘Have I Got News For You’; ‘Drop The Dead Donkey’ and ‘Room 101’.

More recently Mulville he has produced ‘Celebrity Mastermind’; ‘Bloodlands’; ‘Derry Girls’ ‘The Kumars’ and ‘Episodes’.

Van Erp told the court it was 11.25am when he caught Mulville. “I was riding my bike northbound on Battersea Bridge Road past the queueing traffic. I was going back home.

“As I was filtering past I saw a nice car ahead of me and it caught my attention because it was turned a little bit to the left, towards the kerb.

“The other traffic moved on and the driver of this car was a little slow to react to the moving traffic. The driver started driving again, not quite hitting the kerb and accelerating hard.

“It was an unusually harsh acceleration and I thought to myself it was symptomatic of a distracted driver and I wondered if he was on the phone.

“The queue came to a halt and again the driver moved off after a delay in what is known colloquially as a ‘WhatsApp Gap’ and the driver stopped behind the queue.

“I came up to the driver’s side window of this Aston Martin and saw the driver was busy typing on his phone.

“I always run a GoPro camera while I’m cycling and he was typing with both hands on the phone and the screen was lit up.

“I leaned in close to the window  to make sure my GoPro got good evidential shots of what the driver was doing.

“I think his emails were open and he was reading or answering emails and when he saw me he immediately closed that email.”

The magistrates watched the footage of Mulville raising his middle finger to Van Erp, who said: “At this point he gives me the bird and he is mouthing something to me, which might be: ‘Go f*** yourself.’

“He was on a narrow bridge lane and a red route.”

Mulville was disqualified from driving in 2020 after accumulating penalty points and the same Aston Martin was involved in a Van Erp report to the police in 2019.

However, the cyclist cannot recall if the driver, who he caught using a phone while driving in Hyde Park, was Mulville.

He denied the suggestion of Mulville’s lawyer Sam Thomas that he was deliberately “targeting” the Aston Martin.

“It is clear you are commentating on your footage as you are going along,” said the lawyer. “You initially stop and specifically go to the window.

“You are setting out to try and catch people,” added Mr Thomas. “There is a suggesting you were targeting this driver.”

Van Erp denied the suggestion, adding: “I am not spending nearly as much time on this as you think. I was not following this person, I was on my route home.”

Mr Thomas asked: “Did you target this driver because he was driving an expensive car? You have referred to it as a ‘nice car’ and you recognised it as an Aston Martin, yes?”

The lawyer told the magistrates: “This was entirely out of character for father-of-four Mr Mulville. There were some family concerns at the time and he did look at text messages.

“You have heard Mr Van Erp say he did manage to catch people on a daily basis. That is not an excuse, but puts it into context.

“Mr Mulville is a man of means and he provided his identity to being the driver.”

As a performer, three times married Mulville - who has received a BAFTA for his creative contribution to television - also starred in Channel 4’s ‘Chelmsford 123’ and 80’s ITV sitcom ‘That’s Love.’

Twenty years ago he and his ex-wife Denise O’Donoghue, 68, sold a minority stake in Hat Trick for £23m and it continues to enjoy annual turnovers of approximately £30m.

China In Your Hand: Drunken Pensioner Injures Wife With Flying Plate

A drunken octogenarian has received a suspended prison sentence for cutting his long-suffering wife’s foot with a flying dinner plate during a row.

Tommy Michael Coggins, 80, had been drinking outside the matrimonial home of forty-six years and swore at wife Maureen, 79, before hurling the china plate, which caused a wound needing hospital treatment.

Their marriage is now over and the pensioner is sofa-surfing, with hopes he can join his son in Somerset having been made subject to a five-year restraining order, prohibiting contact with Maureen.

Coggins, of Geoffrey House, Pardoner Street, Southwark fought the charge, but was convicted of inflicting actual bodily harm on March 20.

Prosecutor Colette Hanna told Croydon Magistrates’ Court it was just after 7.00pm when the defendant came back inside the Abbeville Road, Clapham address.

“He was rude to her and called her a: F***ing c***,’ and told her not to look at him, which was a normal occurrence.

“He said: ‘I wouldn’t think twice about murdering you and when his wife said she was going to call the police, he said: ‘F*** the police.’

“Mrs Coggins ran upstairs until he calmed down and when she returned he was holding a white china plate that he threw at her.

“She says he was aiming for her face, but missed and hit her foot, causing a quite deep laceration and a large amount of bleeding.”

Their son witnessed the incident and Maureen shouted: “I can’t take this anymore,” and the police were called.

Throughout the trial Coggins claimed he did not deliberately throw the plate and the injury his wife suffered was an accident and was convicted on the basis his actions were reckless.

Afterwards Mrs Coggins said: “This left me shaken and nervous. I am terrified of my husband, who is an alcoholic that drinks daily and is unpredictable.

“He has hurt me in the past and I genuinely believe Tommy will kill me if he sees me again. I know he will return to the address and I am scared he will hurt me.”

Denying he has an alcohol problem Coggins claims he was verbally abused in the matrimonial home for an hour before the incident and had no intention to hurt his wife.

His lawyer, who refused to give his name, told the court: “This was an impulsive, spontaneous, short-lived assault. A reckless act with no intention to injure.

“There was physical injury, a two centimetre laceration and she did attend hospital.

“The Probation Service says he is not an alcoholic and and he takes five pills a day for medical issues including diabetes and arthritis.

“He does not intend to have anything further to do with his ex-wife.”

Magistrate Karim Hemani announced: “This does pass the custody threshold, however we are going to suspend it.”

Coggins received twenty-four weeks imprisonment, suspended for eighteen months and must comply with a six-month Alcohol Treatment Requirement.

He must observe up to twenty-four days of a recommended activity requirement and was ordered to pay £500 costs, with a £154 victim surcharge and pay his wife £150 compensation.

Nightmare Neighbour Sentenced

A nightmare neighbour, who harassed the couple living opposite him - shouting at the wife: “Show me your knickers,” and spraying the words ‘Liar’ in shaving foam over their car - has been sentenced.

Omar Yasin, 61, also followed the wife to work, screamed in the husband’s face and asked him: “Are you getting enough? I can help you out with your wife.”

Disabled Yasin, of Station Road, Hampton fought the case, but was convicted of harassing Alistair Patterson and Katerina Kim in August and September, last year.

He was also found guilty of two counts of displaying writing, with intent to cause harassment, on September 20, last year in the carpark outside the couple’s Station Road apartment.

Earlier this year at Wimbledon Magistrates Court Yasin was placed on a twelve-month Community Order and fined £180, with £200 costs, plus a £114 victim surcharge.

He was also made subject to a two-year restraining order, prohibiting contact with the couple.

Katerina told the trial trouble started when the defendant - who she knows as ‘Mark’ - spotted her visiting sister changing in her son’s bedroom.

“Mark saw her in her underwear and on the same day he went to see Alistair to say he saw me in my underwear and would be going to see me at work at Waitrose.

“I was panicking as to why he would want to say he saw me in my underwear.”

The next day Yasin turned up at the busy store. “I ran to the back and he followed me and I shouted at him: ‘Stop following me,’ I was nervous and scared.

“I wondered why he would follow me for three days and my manager told me: ‘He is mental, aggressive, not stable. We are not dealing with him, we are going to call the police.

“I still do not know why he is doing this to me.”

She recalled another incident on September 10, outside her block. “I was passing our parking spot and he shouted: ‘Show me your knickers.’

“I thought he was becoming dangerous, that he could rape or harm me.”

On September 20 Yasin sprayed the couple’s vehicle with shaving foam. “He sprayed the word ‘Liar’ all over the car.

“I felt like it was a horror movie. It was horrible to see, I was shaking.

“I don’t feel free going out. I always look behind myself, I can’t escape him. He is always there, he is always watching me.”

Alistair confirmed he once had a friendly relationship with Yasin, who was a walking companion during lockdown. “Mark lives on the top floor of the next-door block and the flats look at each other.

“He complained to me about my wife’s behaviour because there was an incident at Waitrose and he saw a person at our window in underwear that he thought was my wife.

“He referred to my wife as ‘filth’ and I was shocked. He was clearly following our comings and goings from his window and followed my wife three times to Waitrose.

“He once called down to me: ‘Are you getting enough? I can help you out with your wife.’

“I assumed this was a sexual context and I was in shock,” Alistair told the trial. “I told him I was not having this conversation and got in my car and left.”

On August 27 Yasin aggressively confronted the husband. “He dashed across the road and cornered me and put his face alongside mine and was shouting at me.

“He was very aggressive, very unpleasant. He said he was humiliated by my wife who shouted at him in Waitrose.

“He repeated the underwear story and refused to believe it wasn’t my wife.

“He mentioned that my wife was lovely and repeated a story of when he first saw us together  and I was the most horrible thing he had ever seen.

“He said I should control my wife and that he would box my ears, repeating: ‘You don’t want me as your enemy,’ and that he wanted me out of my home.”

Yasin admitted making clucking chicken noises from his flat window when he saw Alistair and the husband added: “He shouted out that I was effluent and a coward.

“One day he was spraying my car with the word ‘Liar’ with shaving foam, while wearing his Army combat gear, which he regularly does.

“I felt unsafe and I was not sleeping well, but I stuck to my normal routine because I did not want to be beaten by it.

“He did say he enjoyed the process of harassing us.”

Yasin denied threatening violence or making lewd comments to Katerina, saying he had lived in the flat for seventeen years, often chatting to the couple from the roof of his building.

“The first I knew about it was when Katerina shouted at me in the shop. I stepped back in disbelief and dismay and walked out of the shop.

“I was confused and a little bit peeved. All of a sudden I am unwelcome at the local supermarket and the neighbours became most unwelcome.

“They came to my landlord and told him to get rid of me.”

Yasin admitted foaming the couple’s car. “I put shaving foam on the car as a protest,” he told the court.

“Waitrose eventually gave me a barring notice. I felt at an absolute loss, I had nowhere else to go.

“I never followed Katerina or any member of her family, ever.”

Volunteer Cop Accused Of Stealing Police Equipment

A police-obsessed civilian employee and volunteer cop stashed a hoard of equipment he had stolen at the suburban home he shared with his grandmother, a court heard today.

Special Constable and Acting Sergeant Toby Biginton, 23, nicked police radios; batons; keys; computer equipment and even a body bag, Croydon Crown Court was told.

The jury was played recorded footage of the search, which recovered a large amount of stolen police equipment found amongst Biginton’s collection of Police Academy DVD’s and The Bill box sets.

Biginton, of Rosecroft Close, Orpington has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of theft between August 1, 2020 and September 10, 2021.

He also denies two counts of possessing offensive weapons; namely police batons at his home address on September 10, 2021.

He is a police civilian employee, working with the custody services team responsible for ordering and supplying uniforms to the Met and is a representative for special constables under investigation.

“This young man was a serving member of police staff, where he was a Team Leader and was also a volunteer special constable and supervisor, with the rank of sergeant,” said prosecutor Shekinah Anson.

“Police officers attended the address he shares with his grandmother and during a search they recovered items of property belonging to the Metropolitan Police Service.

“The Crown say he was dishonest and had these items without authority or permission and without the knowledge of his line manager.

“Mr Biginton did not have the authority to have these items in his possession and he did not tell anybody or record that he had these items.

“He received training regarding the handling of Metropolitan Police property and equipment,” added Ms Anson. “He knew those policies and procedures as a member of police staff and volunteer police officer.”

Six stolen police radios were found. “They gave Mr Biginton access to live police communications in the entire Metropolitan Police area and the Kent force.

“There were two solid police batons and an extendable ASP baton.”

Biginton was questioned about having those batons. “He said he intended to donate them to the police cadets for talks, give them to Bromley Police Cadets,” explained the prosecutor.

“He was treating these items as his own to do with as he pleased. he had numerous opportunities to give the batons to the cadets, but failed to do so.

“He took these items in breach of trust over a period of time.

“He said the radios were for a charity event and he failed to return them and the computer equipment allowed him to access sensitive information.

“He said he had the computer equipment so he could work from home and the laptop was for his special constable work.”

Biginton also had keys for an unmarked police vehicle and insisted he always intended to return them.

He claimed to not even know he had possession of a stolen bodybag. “He said it was at the bottom of a cardboard box he used to move stuff between Bromley and Bexley police stations.

“He was randomly taking things from police stations he was either working at or visiting.”

Trial continues……………..

Do You Know This Hoodie?: Train Passenger Punched And Robbed Of Phone

A late night train passenger was punched in the face and robbed of his mobile phone when he arrived at a north-west London railway station.

British Transport Police (BTP) have released these two images of their suspect.

Investigating officers are requesting the assistance of members of the public to help identify the unknown male.

At approximately 10.00pm on Wednesday, March 15 the male victim entered Kentish Town West station.

He was immediately approached by a mystery man who punched him in the face and snatched his phone.

Officers are keen to speak to the man in the images as he may have information that could help with their investigation.

BTP are treating the incident as a robbery.

Witnesses, or anyone with information, can contact BTP by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 668 of 15 March.

Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Ten Years For Tube Train Terror

A drunk, who was snubbed by a young woman waiting for a tube to Notting Hill Carnival has received ten years for trying to drag her into the path of the next train.

Arthur Hawrylewicz, 42, picked-up the terrified 22 year-old and attempted to leap off the platform at King's Cross Underground Station.

Fortunately, two of her friends intervened and pulled her to safety as Hawrylewicz, of Avondale Gardens, Cardiff was knocked unconscious by the train.

He pleaded guilty at Inner London Crown Court to one count of attempting to murder Maria Osifeso on Bank Holiday Monday August 29, last year.

The victim was waiting on the Hammersmith and City line platform with her friends at around 1.30pm.

The platform was busy with Carnival goers and both Maria and Hawrylewicz were standing near the platform edge, waiting for the next train.

While they were waiting he attempted to speak to her, but noticing that he appeared drunk, the victim asked him to leave her alone.

As the train approached the platform Hawrylewicz grabbed Maria from behind with both arms and lifted her off the ground.

He attempted to turn and throw her, along with himself, in front of the train.

As he propelled himself around and into the path of the train, two of Maria's friends bravely managed to intervene and pulled her to safety.

Hawrylewicz then moved his head in front of the train and received a glancing blow which knocked him unconscious.

Officers quickly arrived on scene and arrested Hawrylewicz as he was taken to hospital for treatment.

His injuries weren’t serious and he was able to be interviewed by officers the next day.

In his interview, he claimed he’d drank three beers and a third of a bottle of vodka and travelled to King’s Cross with the intention of harming himself – but he didn’t recall any interaction with the victim.

Detective Sergeant Mike Blakeburn said: “This was a completely unprovoked and incredibly disturbing attack, which will have been beyond terrifying for the victim – a young woman who was on her way to enjoy a day at Notting Hill Carnival with her friends.

“Had it not been for their brave actions pulling her from Hawrylewicz’s clutches, we could easily have been dealing with a murder investigation.

“Hawrylewicz has never offered any explanation or rationale for why he did what he did and claimed throughout interview that he had no recollection of the incident, but the victim will have to live with this traumatic memory for the rest of her life.

Thankfully, he has now been handed a significant custodial sentence, which will provide him with plenty of time to consider the implications of his senseless and violent behaviour.

“As shocking as this incident it is important remember that events like this are incredibly rare on the railway network, and in this case BTP officers were on scene within minutes and able to quickly arrest Hawrylewicz and bring him into police custody where he’s remained throughout the investigation.”