Actor Micheal Ward insists woman consented

BAFTA winning actor Micheal Ward has denied assaulting a young woman in the back of a car and insisted she was a ‘willing participant in everything that went on.’ The Jamaican-born star, 28, known for his roles in Top Boy and Small axe, repeatedly assaulted the complainant in the motor after hosting a fancy dress party in east London on New Year’s Day 2023, it is said. Ward denies two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration, and…