THE HUSBAND of woman who was allegedly stalked by his lover also had an affair with another man, a court has heard.

Veronica Tann, 50, is accused of sending emails and packages and making upsetting phone calls to Debra Lendrum in 2012 and 2013 in which revealed she was having an affair with her husband John.

During yesterday's evidence it emerged that Mr Lendrum also had a fling with a man called Steve Lansley who was called to give evidence in the trial.

His testimony related to a second charge that Tann faces of perverting the course of justice when she allegedly asked Mr Lansley to lie for her.

Mr Lansley told the jury he met Mr Lendrum on a cottaging website and began a brief sexual relationship with him before the pair began working together as driving instructors.

When police began attempting to trace the messages sent to Debra Lendrum – one of which included naked pictures of her husband – they interviewed Mr Lansley who did not reveal his sexual relationship with Mr Lendrum.

Mr Lansley did however claim Tann, who was also a driving instructor, had put him up to lying for her, but Jodie Mittell, defending Tann, accused him of misleading the jury.

She said: “You didn’t tell the police that you had met him on a cottaging website – that wasn’t the complete truth, was it?

“The reality is that you would protect John Lendrum at all costs because you fell for him and you wanted the relationship to continue, didn’t you?

“You were jealous of the time he spent with these women and that he would not spend as much time with you.

At one point Judge Peter Ralls QC intervened and said to Mr Lansley: “You have not told the truth to police – I would be grateful if you would tell the truth now.”

But Mr Lansley said: “I didn’t want his marriage wrecked the way mine was.

“I’m not lying now. I didn’t want to harm his wife.”

Tann, of Sengana Close, Botley, denies charges of stalking and perverting the course of justice by making someone give a false statement to police.

Proceeding.