Richard Gadd called 999 after Glasgow neighbour feared she would be killed

Richard Gadd called emergency services after hearing a woman in the flat above his Glasgow home shout that a man was going to kill her, a court has heard. The actor testified that he saw a “flurry of arms” from his balcony and gave the distressed woman a dressing gown while she waited for police.

Lucas Bains, 22, is on trial accused of aggravated assaulting Xiaoma Zhang in the flat on 1 November last year. Prosecutors allege he pushed her, shoved her on to a balcony and trapped her leg in a door frame; he denies the charge. A witness said Bains left looking agitated, carrying a bag with liquid dripping from it, and drove over pavement flowerbeds. Bains has pleaded guilty to separate offences involving failing to identify a driver and failing to provide a breath specimen; the summary trial continues later this month.