Charles Saatchi accepts caution for Nigella Lawson assault

Art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assaulting his wife Nigella Lawson during an argument outside a London restaurant, it is understood.

Saatchi is believed to have accepted a caution for assault after going to a police station in the capital on Monday afternoon.

In a statement on Monday night the Metropolitan Police refused to name him, but said: “Officers from the Community Safety Unit at Westminster were aware of the Sunday People article which was published on Sunday 16 June and carried out an investigation.

“This afternoon, Monday 17 June, a 70-year-old man voluntarily attended a central London police station and accepted a caution for assault.”

Photographs published in the Sunday People appear to show Saatchi grabbing his wife around the throat, images which he said were the result of a “playful tiff”.