Trial halted as veteran barrister falls ill

The trial of a blind Paralympic swimming champion accused of groping a masseuse’s bottom was halted today after the prosecutor fell ill. Lord Christopher Holmes of Richmond MBE, 48, allegedy grabbed the woman’s buttocks at a five star hotel spa on 7 March last year. The Tory peer is said to have pointed at his crotch and asked the beauty therapist if she ‘did extras’. Holmes, who is visually impaired and a life peer in the House of Lords, denies…