Hayley Walsh's heart was racing as she sat in the audience at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 27 January this year. The 42 year-old lecturer and mother of three tried to calm her breathing.

Richard Weir, 60, of Tynemouth near Newcastle, and Hayley Walsh, 42, of Radcliffe on Trent in Nottinghamshire, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday charged with aggravated ...