The brother of This Morning host Phillip Schofield wept as he told a court how he phoned his brother and told him he was “on the verge” of taking his own life.Timothy Schofield, 54, is on trial at Exeter Crown Court charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child.Timothy Schofield, a civilian police worker from Bath, is said to have told his TV star brother about some of the alleged offending in September 2021.
When asked by his barrister Peter Binder whether he had performed sexual acts on the teenager, Timothy replied: “Absolutely not.” Timothy Schofield told the jury he had watched pornography with the boy, who he insisted was aged over 16 at that time, and they had masturbated while sat apart.
Giving evidence on Thursday, the defendant told the jury he had been gay his “entire life” but had kept it “completely secret and hidden from everybody”.
He described this as “incredibly difficult” and told the court he had struggled with mental health problems for years.The defendant wept as he was asked about phoning his famous brother before driving to his home in London in September 2021.
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