Baby Reindeer star praised as witness in Glasgow assault trial

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 14:38 · Archive

Richard Gadd testified in the trial of a man convicted of attacking his neighbour in Glasgow.

Lucas Bains, 22, of Maryhill in Glasgow, was convicted of attacking Xiaoma Zhang in her Finnieston flat on 1 November 2023. He pushed her into the balcony of her home. Richard Gadd, the star of Netflix series Baby Reindeer, was Miss Zhang's downstairs neighbour and heard her shouting 'He is trying to kill me' during the assault.

Gadd testified at Glasgow Sheriff Court earlier this month. The 37-year-old Golden Globes winner described hearing an argument above his flat which he initially thought was a party, then realised was a distressing situation. He recalled seeing flailing arms and hearing raised voices from the balcony.

Bains's defence lawyer, Patrick Campbell, suggested in closing submissions that Gadd's evidence was 'perhaps histrionic' and that the defence suspected he had imagined aspects of it. However, Sheriff Helen McGinty found Bains guilty and praised Gadd's testimony. She said his evidence was not histrionic but rather that of 'an impressive witness who had excellent recall and was doing his best to assist the court without speculating'. The sheriff noted that Gadd's evidence was particularly valuable because the victim did not testify.

How it is being reported

• Baby Reindeer star hailed as 'impressive witness' as neighbour's attacker convictedA sheriff heaped praise on Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd as she convicted a man of attacking one of the actor's neighbours.The Herald · 21 Oct, 13:54
• Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd praised by sheriff after Glasgow attack trialBaby Reindeer star Richard Gadd praised as an ‘impressive witness’ after Lucas Bains was convicted of attacking a woman in Glasgow on November 1, 2023.Glasgow Times · 21 Oct, 10:51

In this story: Richard Gadd · Lucas Bains · Xiaoma Zhang · Helen McGinty · Glasgow · Finnieston

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