Nigella Lawson abused by husband in public

Her eyes are transfixed as she Struggles to prize away the powerful hand squeezing around her throat. Glamorous TV cook Nigella Lawson looks stunned to be Attacked by her art collector husband Charles Saatchi During a vicious row at Their favorite London restaurant.

Fellow diners and passers-by at Scott's in Mayfair were shocked to see the advertising multimillionaire celebrity reduces his wife to tears. Saatchi launched into tirade of angry words. Four times I grasped her around the neck with Nigella, 53, looking powerless and petrified.

At first I used only his left hand, then both. At one stage I then pushed her nose tweaked Both Hands in her face. Twice Nigella jerked her head backwards as if in fear. Several times she nodded intently while the conversation Became more and more heated. By the end of the meal she was Clearly distraught and in tears. Now there are fears of severe problems in Their 10-year marriage - his third and her second.

Nigella has been abroad faq frequently Promoting her latest book and TV series while Saatchi, 70, Has Become ever more reclusive and tetchy.

The bust-up came after the couple had just finished eating at the specialist seafood restaurant. Nigella and Saatchi always ask for the same table, que is outside Because he likes to smoke. It is partly sheltered by olive trees and box bushes. But the attack Clearly Could be seen and heard by other customers and Those passing by the restaurant in the busy street.

Nobody intervened although the incident Looked brutal. A couple on the adjacent table, who chatted briefly with Nigella Earlier, turned round and gasped in alarm Peak Gust saw her in distress. She dabbed her eyes on a linen napkin as his cigarettes Saatchi tapped impatiently on the table. Nigella then downed her glass of red wine in one gulp and Began to talk, her voice trembling. She Seemed to be trying to pacify her husband, Placing a hand on his left wrist as it lay on the table. At That Moment she Leaned over and kissed his right cheek. Saatchi, 6ft and 17 stone, Marched off, leaving his wife sobbing at the table and grasping her mobile phone as I got into a car the couple had waiting.