Moment drunk lawyer racially attacks her neighbour after all-day drinking session, court hears
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A DRUNK lawyer racially attacked a neighbour after an all-day birthday boozing session with her boyfriend, a court has heard. Scarlett Milligan, who has worked on both the Grenfell Tower fire and infected blood inquires, allegedly grabbed Kemi Adebiyi’s neck and referred to her skin colour.
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She denies the charges. The alleged victim is said to have come out of her house to check on Milligan as she lay in the road crying after getting locked out at midnight following a row with her partner. The court heard that junior counsel Milligan, 31, and commercial and chancery counsel Benjamin Waistell, 33, had been drinking since 1pm in May 2022.
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Footage filmed by Ms Adebiyi on her mobile and clips from a video doorbell nearby show Milligan shout, “Shut your door you ugly c**” and “You f**ing ugly t*”. Ms Adebiyi also says she called her a “black bitch” or “black bint” but did not film the words as she was calling police at the time.
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Footage played to the jury shows Waistell yelling: “Sorry someone being sad is disturbing you. F off.”. Ms Adebiyi also shouts: “I am going to stream this. You’re going to lose your jobs you f***ing racists.”. Prosecutor Nicholas Hearn described it as a “deeply unpleasant altercation”.
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Human rights lawyer Milligan, who works on racial discrimination cases, admitted to police that she was drunk and said she was confronted by “an abusive black woman”. Ms Adebiyi told the jury: “I believe there were racially-tinged insults throughout.
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