Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
25%
5 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
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Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd rang 999 after a woman in the flat above him screamed that she was going to be killed, a court has been told.
asserted
court → ring → him
The 37-year-old Golden Globe and Emmy winner told Glasgow Sheriff Court he saw a 'flurry of arms' as Xiaoma Zhang was allegedly attacked by 22-year-old Lucas Bains.
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Zhang → tell → Bains
Bains, of Maryhill, Glasgow, is standing trial on a charge of aggravated assault in relation to the incident on November 1 last year.
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Bains → stand → November
Appearing in the witness box, Mr Gadd – whose latest project Half Man was released earlier this year on the BBC – said he heard noise in the flat above his in Finnieston, in Glasgow's West End, at around 10pm.
asserted
he → appear → pm
The actor, who had a rare night off from filming, had initially assumed it was a gathering of some kind – until the noise descended into arguing and shouting.
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noise → have → arguing
'It stopped feeling like a party,' he said.
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he → stop → party
Mr Gadd went out onto his balcony where, he told the court, there was initially 'nothing to see'.
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he → go → court
'I was trying to figure out what was going on,' he told Bains's lawyer Patrick Campbell under cross-examination.
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he → try → examination
Looking out onto the balcony, Mr Gadd said he saw a 'flurry of arms' as a woman shouted: 'Help me, help me - he is going to kill me.'
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he → look → me
Richard Gadd (pictured picking up one of three Emmys for Baby Reindeer in 2024) came to the aid of a woman allegedly being attacked in a Glasgow flat, a court has heard
Mr Gadd pictured with Baby Reindeer co-star Jessica Gunning, who played a fictionialised version of a woman who became fixated on Gadd
He told the trial he eventually heard the door of the balcony above being closed and spotted the woman outside.
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door → picture → woman
It was enough to prompt him to call the police before passing the woman – now allegedly locked out on – a dressing gown.
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It → prompt → gown
She stayed there for about 20 minutes until police officers came, he recollected.
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he → stay → minutes
'With the adrenaline it's hard to say, possibly a period of 20 to 30 minutes,' he said.
uncertain
he → say → minutes
In the meantime, Bains was alleged to have left – looking 'quite agitated (and) shouting at the building', according to witness Thomas Russell, who also described the accused as carrying a bag with liquid dripping out of it.
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who → allege → it
The financial crime analyst, 32, told the court that Bains was heard to say 'F***ing b****' before getting into a car and driving over flowerbeds on the pavement as he left the area.
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he → tell → area
Mr Russell added that he saw a woman on the balcony who was 'quite distressed, crying out', adding: 'It looked like she was requesting help... saying that she was stuck.'
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she → add → help
Court papers state Bains, of Maryhill, Glasgow, is alleged to have repeatedly pushed Ms Zhang on the body.
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Bains → state → body
He is then alleged to have seized her shoulders, shoved her on a balcony and trapped her leg on a door frame, injuring her as a result.
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He → allege → result
He denies the aggravated assault charge but earlier pleaded guilty to failing to give the identity of a driver involved in an incident to police as well as failing to provide specimens of breath for a test.
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He → deny → test
The summary trial before Sheriff Helen McGinty, which has no jury, continues later this month.
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which → have → jury
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