Ancell Marshall had to bow his head to dodge a barrage of stones pelted at him as a police escort rushed him through a baying mob and into a waiting car outside the Old Bailey.
Scenes of such fury are usually reserved for the suspects of the most repugnant violent crimes, but Mr Marshall was neither. In fact, he was a victim.
The happily married driving instructor had been in Britain’s highest criminal court for the sentencing of Rene Sampat, a woman he would later describe as ‘evil’ and the ‘devil’.
Sampat had become infatuated with Mr Marshall and, after he spurned her
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