Handyman started kissing divorcee after ‘nice knickers’ compliment

  A handyman accused of sexually assaulting a divorcee at her home after she asked him to fix her gutter said they started kissing after he told her she was wearing ‘nice knickers’. Paul Newman, 53, said they were enjoying ‘banter’ after he went round to talk to her about the work she needed doing on her home in Chertsey, Surrey. He told the Old Bailey: ‘She was laughing and joking with me. She had already given me banter by…