Laughs in court as cleaner Fernando Nascimento gives evidence at the hacking trial this afternoon. It turns out that found inside a jiffy bag in the underground car park beneath Charlie Brooks’ Chelsea Harbour flat was a copy of a renowned piece of literature concerning Sapphic love. Nascimento was pressed further on Brooks’ copy of Lesbian Lovers:
Counsel: “If you had opened it you wouldn’t have forgotten it.”
Nascimento: “I don’t understand English.”
Counsel: “There wasn’t much writing on the magazine.”
Nascimento: “…If I had seen it I might have taken it.”
The case, er, continues…