I was gullible, says porn case woman

A teaching assistant accused of helping her husband secretly film young girls in the bathroom and bedroom of their home told police she was "gullible and easily led" by her controlling partner, a court heard.

Accused Rosemary Foxall told detectives that her husband Martin was the dominant force in the marriage and she "had to do what he said."

Transcripts of a police interview in which 49-year-old Foxall was questioned over the making of indecent videos of children were read out to the jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court yesterday.

The jury heard yesterday that Foxall had told police she had no idea that her husband was filming the youngsters and was not party to it.

"It was a sexless marriage," she told detectives. "We rarely had sex. We had a lot of things in common like enjoying outdoor pursuits but recently we had not got on that well.

"He was a very controlling man and tried to control every aspect of my life. What he said went.

"It has been quite an unhappy marriage. I was fed up of being a nurse maid and a slave."

Foxall is standing trial alone after her husband committed suicide days after being questioned by police.

The court has heard claims that she lured girls to their Brownhills home for pool parties and then baths, while her husband would film them from a peephole in the loft.

Police were called when a firefighter investigating a blaze at their home allegedly stumbled across a camcorder and pornographic images of adults and children.

Foxall told police she was aware that her husband did have some adult pornographic material in the bedroom but was not aware of any in the loft.

"The loft was a no-go area – I never went up there," she said. "He was really into his Scalextric and there was a track laid up there.

"I just presumed he didn't want anyone up there because of that."

When police officers asked Foxall if she knew her husband was in the loft while the children in one particular video were having a bath she said she thought he was upstairs but in one of the other bedrooms.

She then added: "I am a gullible person and easily led. I do what he wants me to do."

Asked why she let so many children come round to her home, she replied that she wanted to be the opposite of her mother who would not let her have friends round as a youngster.

She wept in court as she listened to the transcript being read out in court.

"As a child I was always isolated at school and on my own. I wanted to make my house an open house where children could have fun," she said.

Foxall, of Sadler Road, denies 10 counts of making indecent videos and photographs of children.

She also denies possessing 147 indecent photographs and videos of young girls.

The trial continues.