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Police-Drug Claim Heard as Alleged Victim Testifies in Vincent Agar Trial

The 80-year-old denies a string of historic charges at Teesside Crown Court.

Overview

  • An alleged victim told jurors Agar received his drugs from Middlesbrough Police and said she sold drugs for him using his phone, a claim made during her evidence on Thursday.
  • The same witness described being imprisoned and assaulted in two incidents, alleging slashing, burns from heated metal, ammonia sprayed in her eyes, and an attempt to force her into a loft "torture chamber."
  • Prosecutors have previously played a 2020 video interview in which a woman described a loft space with a wooden chair fitted with leather straps, saying she feared she would not leave the flat alive.
  • A separate woman alleges she was held for about 90 minutes after seeing a girl handcuffed to a radiator in Agar’s flat, with jurors told he threatened to shoot her if she tried to leave.
  • Agar, whose address is listed in Koh Samui, Thailand, pleads not guilty to charges including grievous bodily harm with intent, false imprisonment, indecent assault, threats to kill and supplying cocaine, and the trial continues.