Nigella Lawson admits cocaine use

Celebrity cook Nigella Lawson told a London court that she has taken cocaine several times.

One occasion, she claims, was after being subjected to what she called "intimate terrorism" by her millionaire ex-husband Charles Saatchi.

Lawson also told the court she had smoked cannabis occasionally in the final year of her marriage.

The 53-year-old was testifying at the trial of two of her personal assistants who are facing fraud charges.

They're accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of pounds on a credit card belonging to Saatchi's company.

Sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, who worked for Lawson for more than a decade, deny the fraud accusations and their lawyers claim there was a "tacit understanding" that they could spend what they liked as long as they didn't tell anyone about Lawson's alleged drug use.

But Lawson maintains she has "never been a drug addict or abuser".

The court heard the assistants spent some of the money on lavish p