My lawyer ‘pushed’ me to admit harassment charges

A wealthy businesswoman who claims she was ‘pushed’ by her lawyer to admit harassing her ex-lover and his fiancee wept as she was denied permission by a judge to change her plea. Zoe Phillips, 53, bombarded MoD worker Neil Cross with heartbroken messages after he announced his engagement. She sent Mr Cross more than 60 WhatsApp communications, calls and emails and threatened to kill herself after he ended their short relationship in January 2019. Phillips went to his fiancee Serena…