Caroline Flack’s assault case based on tiny wound on boyfriend

Caroline Flack’s assault charge was based on a ‘SCRATCH’: CPS pressed on with case despite only a tiny wound on boyfriend Lewis Burton’s head ‘while knowing blood in room was TV star’s’

  • Caroline Flack took her own life on Saturday after being told she would face trial 
  • Her boyfriend Lewis Burton had reportedly suffered only a minor head scratch 
  • CPS knew that blood around her bedroom was from a wound Flack, reports say

Caroline Flack was being prosecuted despite her boyfriend Lewis Burton suffering only a minor injury on his head, it has been claimed.  

Former professional tennis player Mr Burton had told police and the Crown Prosecution Service not to go ahead with an assault charge against Flack, 40, who took her own life at her London home on Saturday.

A picture of Mr Burton taken after the incident shows how he was not the victim of a serious assault – and prosecutors knew all along that the blood around the bedroom was from a wound Flack inflicted on herself, it has been claimed.  

Flack had been hauled into custody after spending 12 hours and hospital and faced questioning while hungover, exhausted and mentally unstable, the Sun reports.  

Shortly before her death the ex-Love Island presenter had been told she would face trial for the charge, which she denied and Mr Burton did not agree with. 

It is claimed Caroline Flack was hauled into custody after spending 12 hours and hospital and faced questioning while hungover, exhausted and mentally unstable. Pictured is Flack leaving Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on December 23, 2019

An inquest into her death is due to begin today.

A source close to Flack said: ‘She was clearly unfit to be questioned and should have been given psychiatric help instead of a grilling.’

The source said that a picture showing Mr Burton’s head immediately following the incident ‘clearly’ showed there was ‘no head injury so there was no ”violent attack” with a lamp as claimed by the CPS’. 

The source said Flack was not mentally well, was exhausted and been been ‘drinking heavily’, even telling officers at the time she might take her own life.  

Questions have been raised about the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision to pursue a court case against the former Love Island presenter.  

Former professional tennis player Mr Burton had told police and the Crown Prosecution Service not to go ahead with an assault charge against Flack, 40, who took her own life at her London home on Saturday

Former professional tennis player Mr Burton had told police and the Crown Prosecution Service not to go ahead with an assault charge against Flack, 40, who took her own life at her London home on Saturday

Tributes left outside the former home of ex-Love Island presenter Caroline Flack

Tributes left outside the former home of ex-Love Island presenter Caroline Flack

Francis Ridley, of her management company Money Talent Management, had said following her passing: ‘The Crown Prosecution Service pursued this when they knew not only how very vulnerable Caroline was but also that the alleged victim did not support the prosecution and had disputed the CPS version of events.

‘The CPS should look at themselves today and how they pursued a show trial that was not only without merit but not in the public interest.

‘And ultimately resulted in significant distress to Caroline. Our thoughts are with Caroline’s family at this time.

‘An immensely talented young woman who was at the top of her game professionally and loved by television viewers across the country. In recent months Caroline had been under huge pressure because of an ongoing case and potential trial which has been well reported.’

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