TV personality Melanie Sykes has opened up about her arrest for assault on her ex husband Jack Cockings.
Melanie, 51, says the November 2013 arrest “totally shocked” her.
She and toyboy roofer Jack married six months earlier, in May 2013. Mum-of-two Melanie and Jack divorced in 2014.
She admitted the offence after questioning from Metropolitan Police officers. This led to a caution for common assault.
However, the caution was later withdrawn after Melanie launched legal action.
What has Melanie Sykes revealed about her arrest?
Addressing her arrest for the first time, former Boddingtons ad star Melanie said she had shut herself in the kitchen of her London apartment after an argument with Jack that night.
She claims she asked him to leave. She also claims that Jack called the police without her knowledge and claimed she had assaulted him.
Melanie told The Times: “The doorbell went and I answered the door, and they told me that they were there to arrest me. I was just, like, ‘You are joking.’ I was totally shocked. It felt like an out-of-body experience. I’ve never ever been in trouble with the police. I’m not a violent person, I’m not capable of it.”
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