Stalking barrister tells court: ‘Love is the drug’

A married barrister told a court (tues) he was ‘like a crack addict’ who had to keep going back for more during his affair with a single mother. Jonathan Simpson, 48, said he was left ‘virtually broke’ after he lavished his young lover with gifts during their 18 month relationship. He has told jurors he felt he was ‘not really respecting’ property lawyer wife Katherine, 49, or ‘giving her the love she needed’. The married couple of more than 20…