Elizabeth Haynes - Into the Darkest Corner
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For Wendy George and Jackie Moscicki
strong and inspirational women
Lancaster Crown Court
R-v-BRIGHTMAN
Wednesday 11 May 2005
Morning Session
Before:
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE NOLAN
| M R M ACLEAN | Would you please state your full name? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | Lee Anthony Brightman. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Thank you. Now, Mr Brightman, you had a relationship with Miss Bailey, is that correct? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | Yes. |
| M R M ACLEAN | For how long? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I met her at the end of October in 2003. We were seeing each other until the middle of June last year. |
| M R M ACLEAN | And how did you meet? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | At work. I was working on an operation and I happened to meet her through the course of that. |
| M R M ACLEAN | And you formed a relationship? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | Yes. |
| M R M ACLEAN | You said that the relationship ended in June. Was that a mutual decision? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | Things had been going wrong for a while. Catherine was very jealous of the time I spent away from her working. She was convinced I was having an affair. |
| M R M ACLEAN | And were you? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | No. My job takes me away from home for days at a time, and the nature of it means that I cant tell anyone, not even my girlfriend, where I am or when Ill be home. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Did your time away from Miss Bailey cause arguments between you? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | Yes. She would check my mobile for messages from other women, demand to know where Id been, who Id been seeing. When I got back from a job, all I wanted to do was forget about work and relax a bit. It started to feel like I never had the chance to do that. |
| M R M ACLEAN | So you ended the relationship? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | No. We had rows sometimes, but I loved her. I knew she had some emotional problems. When she went for me, I always told myself that it wasnt her fault. |
| M R M ACLEAN | What do you mean by emotional problems? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | Well, she told me she had suffered from anxiety in the past. The more time I spent with her, the more I saw that coming out. She would go out drinking with her friends, or drink at home, and when I got home she would start an argument and lash out at me. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Just with regard to the emotional problems, I would like to ask you about that further. Did you, over the course of your relationship, see any evidence that Miss Bailey would harm herself at times of emotional stress? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | No. Her friends had told me that she had cut herself in the past. |
| M R L EWIS | Objection, Your Honour. The witness was not asked about the opinions of Miss Baileys friends. |
| M R J USTICE N OLAN | Mr Brightman, please keep to the questions you are asked. Thank you. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Mr Brightman, you mentioned that Miss Bailey would lash out at you. Can you explain what you mean by lash out? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | She would shout, push me, slap me, kick me. That kind of thing. |
| M R M ACLEAN | She was violent towards you? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | Yes. Well, yes. She was. |
| M R M ACLEAN | On how many occasions, would you say? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I dont know. I didnt keep count. |
| M R M ACLEAN | And what did you generally do, on these occasions when she lashed out at you? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I would walk away from it. I deal with that enough at work; I dont need it when I get home. |
| M R M ACLEAN | And were you ever violent towards her? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | Only the last time. She had locked me in the house and hidden the key somewhere. She went mad at me. Id been working on a particularly difficult job and something inside me snapped. I hit her back. It was the first time Id ever hit a woman. |
| M R M ACLEAN | The last time what date are you talking about, exactly? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | It was in June. The 13th, I think. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Would you take us through that day? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I stayed the night before at Catherines house. I was on duty that weekend so I left for work before Catherine woke up. When I came back to her house that evening she was at home and she had been drinking. She accused me of spending the day with another woman the same thing I heard over and over again. I took it for a while, but after a couple of hours I had had enough. I went to walk away but she had double-locked the front door. She was screaming and swearing at me, over and over again, slapping me with her hands, scratching my face. I pushed her backwards, just enough to get her away. Then she just threw herself at me again and I hit her. |
| M R M ACLEAN | How did you hit her, Mr Brightman? Was it a punch, a slap? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I hit her with a closed fist. |
| M R M ACLEAN | I see. And what happened then? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | She didnt stop; she just yelled louder and came at me again. So I hit her again. I guess it was probably harder. She fell over backwards and I went to see if she was alright, to help her up. I think I must have trodden on her hand. She screamed and yelled at me and threw something. It was the key to the front door. |
| M R M ACLEAN | What did you do next? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I took the key, unlocked the front door and left. |
| M R M ACLEAN | What time was that? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | It must have been about a quarter past seven. |
| M R M ACLEAN | And when you left her, what condition was she in? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | She was still shouting and screaming. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Was she injured, bleeding? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I think she may have been bleeding. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Could you elaborate, Mr Brightman? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | She had some blood on her face. I dont know where it came from. It wasnt a lot of blood. |
| M R M ACLEAN | And did you have any injuries yourself? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I just had some scratches. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Did you consider that she might have needed medical attention? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | No. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Even though she was apparently bleeding, and crying out? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | I dont recall that she was crying out. As I left the house she was shouting and swearing at me. If she needed medical attention I believe she could have got it herself, without my help. |
| M R M ACLEAN | I see. So after you left the house at a quarter past seven, did you see Miss Bailey again? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | No. I didnt see her again. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Did you contact her by telephone? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN | No. |
| M R M ACLEAN | Mr Brightman, I want you to think very carefully before answering my next question. How do you feel now with regard to the incidents of that day? |
| M R B RIGHTMAN |
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