Today their alleged victim tearfully told the trial how she finally revealed what she described as her 'darkest secret' years later when a police officer knocked on her mum's door to say another girl had claimed Marke had abused her, and asked 'if she knew anything'.Īt that time, the court has heard how Taekwondo black belt Zara was enjoying 'unprecedented personal and professional success' thanks to her acting career, including the role of 'Brunette Zealot' in Doctor Strange. The attacks are claimed to have happened between 20. The couple filmed most of the abuse in bid to recreate their favourite porn scenes, the prosecution say. Phythian, who starred in the 2016 Marvel film viewed as Cumberbatch's blockbuster breakthrough, is alleged to have targeted the teenager with Marke. Zara said: 'Don't come back, I'm burning all your stuff'.' The woman, who was a child at the time of the alleged offences, said that she finally told a friend 'her darkest secret' about the abuse when she was 18, and had later spoken to Zara on the phone, telling jurors: 'I said I am not coming back. She claims they groomed her as a 13-year-old girl and filmed themselves abusing her after plying the victim with dark rum.
The couple arrived at Nottingham Crown Court today for the second day of their trial, where their alleged victim gave evidence for the first time. Martial arts expert Zara Phythian, 36, from Mansfield, who starred in Marvel's Doctor Strange with Benedict Cumberbatch, is on trial accused of 14 charges of sexual activity with a child with her spouse Victor Marke, 59.
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