Pop singer Anne-Marie attended Oxford Crown Court today to support her husband at the start of his trial.
Tyron Frampton, 29, who is better known by his stage name Slowthai, faces three counts of rape and one of sexual assault in Oxford involving two alleged victims on September 8, 2021.
He is on trial with 26-year-old Alex Blake-Walker.
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Both men deny the charges.
Frampton, of Wellingborough Road, Northampton, and Blake-Walker, of Wallbutton Road, London, saw the jury of eight men and our women sworn this afternoon.
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Their trial is due to last two to three weeks.
Anne-Marie, sporting red hair, sat in the public gallery to support her husband of two years.
Judge Ian Pringle told the jury of eight men and four women they should not discuss the case with anyone, do any research and avoid news reports of the trial.
“This case may attract some publicity. If it does, please remember a reporter’s report is just their view of the case,” he said.
“What matters is what you make of the evidence in the case. Try not to read, listen or watch any reports if it does come about.
“Remember it is your view of the case that matters.”
Their relationship, while mostly private, was confirmed by Frampton in an interview with Rolling Stone in February 2023. In 2024, it was revealed that the couple secretly married in July 2022 in Las Vegas. In February 2024, Anne-Marie gave birth to their daughter.
Heather Stangoe is prosecuting and Patrick Gibbs KC is defending Frampton and Sheryl Nwosu is defending Blake-Walker.
The trial continues.
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