Furious Phillip Schofield shouted ‘f***, stop’ at his brother over the washing up when he confessed about performing a sex act with a schoolboy, a court heard.
Timothy Schofield, 54, had travelled up to see his famous older sibling in a ‘heightened state of agitation’ threatening to kill himself.
He wanted to open up after the alleged victim had confronted him the previous month – but horrified the presenter when he went into graphic detail.
Phillip, 60, was convinced it was just a one off, said he ‘didn’t want to hear any of the details’ and told him: ‘It must never happen again.’ But when Schofield, of Bath, was arrested for a series of sex crimes in December 2021, his famous brother gave a statement to police that forms a vital part of the prosecution.
The police IT technician faces 11 charges at Exeter Crown Court relating to sexual offences allegedly committed against the boy over three years from October 2016. He denies performing sex acts in front of his accuser, causing him to watch sex acts and engage in sex acts.
Phillip Schofield (left) told Timothy (right) that it ‘should never happen again’ and later gave a vital statement to police which forms a key part of the case against his younger sibling, the jury was earlier told
In a statement read out to court by prosecutor Robin Shellard, Phillip told how he received a call from his brother on September 12, 2021.
‘It was a weekend and he asked if I was able to talk,’ he said. ‘Tim was in an extreme state of agitation.
‘He said that he was on the verge of killing himself. He said that his head was in a mess and everything was a mess.
‘Tim was clearly very upset and I asked him if he could drive. Tim said yes he could, so I told him to drive to my home in London.
‘Around two hours or so later Tim arrived and I could see he was in a state of heightened agitation.
‘It was distressing to see him in such a state. He was as angry as I’ve ever seen him. The conversation was about how angry he was. He was furious, angry, ranting and raving.’
Phillip tried to ‘change the conversation’ and asked what he was watching on TV and his brother was in ‘floods of tears’ as he described the series Pennyworth.
Phillip said it was usual for him to cry when telling stories but ‘this was crazy’.
Timothy Schofield, pictured here leaving Exeter Crown Court yesterday
Timothy Schofield, pictured arriving at court with a grey coat covering his head on Monday
He went on: ‘We ended up having dinner and I was washing up. Tim was standing behind me and he said you are going to hate me for what I’m about to say.
‘I said there’s nothing he could say that would make me hate him.
‘He said [the alleged victim and him] had their time together and last year watched porn and w***** on the sofa.
‘I turned and said, “What did you just say?” ‘Schofield then said it ‘was a moment we were together’.
‘Tim said it was just this time and I told him it should never happen again,’ Phillip said.
The defendant then started describing the body of the alleged victim, and Phillip shouted: ‘F***, stop!’.
‘I told him that this had to stop,’ the statement continued. ‘I just didn’t want to hear any of the details, but it sounded like it was just one time.
‘I said I don’t want you to tell me any more. Regardless of how it happened, it must never happen again.
‘He said it was just [their] time. I said “What the hell is that?”‘ Schofield said he never spoke with his brother about it again.
Describing the distance between the siblings, he said: ‘I don’t have a relationship with Tim like a brother because there are seven years between us and I moved away when he was 10.
‘I never spoke about what Tim told me ever again.’ The trial continues.
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