The Valleys reality show star bit former friend in self-defence
A REALITY TV star has been found not guilty of assaulting her former friend.
Lateysha Henry, 19, who is set to appear in the new MTV reality show The Valleys, had denied two counts of assaulting Paige Harris at Swansea Crown Court.
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Lateysha Henry
Miss Henry, known as Lateysha Grace in publicity for the show, admitted biting her alleged victim, Paige Harris, twice but said she acted in self-defence, a defence the jury of nine women and three men accepted.
They took just 25 minutes to return their verdict yesterday.
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Earlier, Miss Henry, of St John's Lower Court, Neath Abbey said she drunk half a bottle of wine before going out with friends.
She said she approached Miss Harris in the Revolution Bar in Swansea's Wind Street, on August 11, 2011 and confronted her about an allegation of her throwing eggs at her car.
She said a brawl then broke out between the two women after Miss Harris became "aggressive".
Miss Henry said she was also a victim during the attack.
"I couldn't see. I was just feeling blows on my head. My extensions ended up on the floor," she said.
"I was scared. Really scared." Dean Pullen, prosecuting, cross-examined Henry. He asked why she did not report her injuries to police.
He asked: "If you had been assaulted that night, you would have been the victim of two crimes by Paige Harris, damage to your car and an assault. Why did you not report them?"
"I didn't want the drama," she answered.
Miss Henry said the pair's brawl in the bar left her hair extensions on the floor. She said she also suffered pain to her eyes, which she alleges were caused by Harris when she tried to "gouge" her.
The jury was told Miss Henry had been given painkillers at hospital for her injury.
She admitted biting Miss Harris but said: "I didn't intend on biting her at all.
"It's not something I'm proud of but I had to get her off me."
She also admitted sending messages to Miss Harris on Facebook, but denied they contained any threats of physical harm.
Miss Henry denied a second attack, alleged to have happened on Wind Street, took place. She said injuries to Miss Harris's lip and another bite mark on her arm must have happened in the first struggle.
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Comments
by Neathboy234
Sunday, September 23 2012, 7:28PM
“BTW Dai i'm not saying u have been down the pub, for all know u have been to chapel or something”
by Neathboy234
Sunday, September 23 2012, 7:22PM
“Dai punctuation always was your strong point. Never really had anything positive to say about much at all. But u certainly knew where to insert a full stop. Give it a few days and come back, I've been the same myself down the pub all afternoon and blown a gasket over nothing”
by Neathboy234
Sunday, September 23 2012, 7:11PM
“Off u go then Dai. And when u have done will u please pick up the toys and put them back in the pram.”
by Dai_Chotomy
Sunday, September 23 2012, 5:59PM
“As a personal goodbye to Neathboy234, I have corrected the English spelling and punctuation in your last post.
Come on Dai, everyone is entitled to 5 minutes of fame. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the main reason you come on here. I can just hear you cry "Look at me Ma. I'm on top of the world". He he he.
All jokes aside, You don't have to watch any programme on TV that you don't like. Just the same as you don't have to comment on any article in the Post.”
by Dai_Chotomy
Sunday, September 23 2012, 5:53PM
“I was going to ignore you Neathboy234, but this really is too much. You accuse me of posting for glory when you have a paranoid need to make a comment on every story that is carried on this website.
You really are detestable and because of you and your moronic uneducated and illiterate comments I have decided not to post here again until you have been either banned or realise that everything is beyond your limited intelligence.
But before I go, the letter 'I' when used as a single letter is always capitalised (in Welsh of course that is not the case), I assume that you are posting by telephone because of your continuous use of text-speak, so I will not even bother to comment on the nonsense of "u", and finally, the word is PROGRAMME.
Goodbye everyone, most of it has been fun, apart from a few cretins of course.”
by Neathboy234
Sunday, September 23 2012, 5:09PM
“Come on Dai everyone is entitled to 5 min's of fame, i wouldn't be surprised if that's the main reason u come on here. I can just here you cry "look at me ma i'm on top of the world". he he he.
All jokes aside u don't have to watch any program on TV that u don't like. Just the same as u don't have to comment on any article in the post.”
by Philosoraptor
Sunday, September 23 2012, 4:54PM
“Ummm... Who is she? Does have any talents that we should be aware of?”
by Dai_Chotomy
Saturday, September 22 2012, 12:48PM
“Star?
A real lady, brawling in a bar.
I have never watched the programme that she appears in and had no intention of doing so, believe me, I am not encouraged to become a viewer after reading this story.
Will someone on the Evening Post staff please define the word "star"? It would appear that it could mean, "A ******* who appears in an obscure television programme".”
by hobbles
Saturday, September 22 2012, 10:46AM
“Classy girl! Reality TV ???”