Cocaine and 'wife' beating shame of Only Fools Mickey

EXCLUSIVE: TV rogue's ex reveals he's a
thug who spent £200 on drugs every day
 

ONLY Fools And Horses star Patrick Murray—loved by millions as spivvy wideboy Mickey Pearce—beat his ex black and blue in drug-fuelled rages.

Former girlfriend Christina Stanley, 34, has revealed the actor had a shocking £200-A-DAY cocaine habit.

Speaking exclusively to the News of the World, she revealed: "He became nothing more than a violent bully. He bled me dry.

"He used and abused me and drained me of all my money, wasting thousands on drugs. He dragged me into his seedy world."

When their two-year relationship ended in the summer, Christina says she was £60,000 in debt.

She was also left with a two-inch scar as a reminder of one of several brutal attacks.

"Any slight thing would set him off. He was jealous and paranoid," said Christina, a personal assistant for a London investment bank. He also thought he was God's gift to women. He loved porn and playing sex games.

"He downloaded about 20 sex video clips from the internet and over one four-week period he watched them non-stop.

"Patrick was extremely arrogant about his looks, about who wanted to s*** him and how well endowed he was. He kept telling me that he could become a porn star if he wanted."

But Christina said Patrick was a "quiet, unassuming, loveable man" when he wasn't using cocaine.

It was when he was snorting the drug that he became a monster.

"When I first met Pat in July 2002 he was spending about £50 a day on a gram of cocaine," she said. "That slowly increased until he was spending between £100 and £200 a day. Two of his teeth fell out just before November 2002 because of his drug-taking.

Charming

"He became increasingly aggressive and dependent on drugs. At Christmas last year, while I was at my parents' watching the Only Fools Christmas Special, I rang him and he was in a cab driving to get gear from his dealer."

When they were introduced Patrick made his move—by offering Christina half an ecstasy tablet.

"We were having fun and Pat was good company, so I accepted," she said. "I thought he was nice and charming. I'd dabbled with cannabis so I wasn't completely naive. But I was definitely not into drugs when I first met Pat."

Within a few hours they were back at a friend's houseand this time he was offering her hard drugs.

"He offered me a line of cocaine in the kitchen," she said. The next time they met, Patrick invited Christina back to the flat he was renting in Brockley, south London, and, once again, offered her cocaine.

"He cut up the lines with a credit card and sniffed it through a rolled-up £10 note," she said.

Despite the warning signs, Christina said: "The first six months of the relationship was a honeymoon period." By December 2002 the couple were engaged but Patrick bought the ring with HER money.

"He'd transferred a £4,700 debt on to one of my credit cards and then used the card to buy the ring," said Christina. "He still owes me for it."

At the start of the relationship she was impressed by Patrick's generosity, even though—in true Mickey Pearce style—his gifts included a second-hand dishwasher and jewellery bought from a man down the boozer.

Christina said: "We were in the pub once and he bought me a £15 fake emerald and diamond ring. He was chuffed that he'd got such a good price."

Despite Patrick's Del-Boy Trotter tastes, she still fell for him. She explained: "I thought he was my soulmate and the man I'd have a family with." Those dreams were crushed last April.

She found out she was pregnant—but she was so repulsed by Patrick's reaction she opted to have an abortion.

He told Christina he didn't want the child and accused her of trying to "trap" him. She said: "I couldn't bring the child up without a father so I had an abortion. He just wasn't responsible enough. He was relying heavily on drugs and, at 47, was divorced and already had three grown-up children."

The relationship had become abusive long before the pregnancy. Patrick first hit Christina—who was by now living with him as his wife—in April 2003.

She said: "He punched me and gave me a black eye. He told me he was sorry." But two months later Patrick attacked her again.

"He grabbed my hair and pulled me towards him. His gold watch strap caught me on my left shoulder and I've now got a two-inch scar."

Scared

Last Christmas Christina got another black eye and when she tried to end the relationship in June, he beat her again. She called the police and had to have hospital treatment but was too scared to press charges.

The final straw came the following month. "He asked me to look in my bag," said Christina.

"He'd put a ‘cocaine' wrap in there and admitted he'd put Polyfilla in it. He was trying to poison me. He said, ‘I thought it would be good because your nose would stick together'.

"I knew then he was a sick, evil bastard, and there was no hope for the relationship. It was over."