Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell, took the stand today and testified that her former nanny, Jasmin Schmidt, had bruised and battered her infant daughter Bluebell Madonna. Schmidt is accused of hitting and and roughly handling the girl, causing bruises and red marks on the baby's head.

Giving evidence against Schmidt, Ginger Spice told the jury that the nanny had only been in her employment for two days before they decided to go to a friend's cottage in Liphook, Hampshire. However on the second night there, she became concerned when she was woken in the middle of the night by her daughter screaming "hysterically" with "angry" cries. The court heard that the next morning as she breast fed the child, she noticed red marks on the top of the baby's head and on her cheek. Peeling back the girl's romper suit, she discovered more bruising to the arms and she confronted the nanny, who responded in an uncaring "vacant" manner, she claimed.

The trial is expected to last three weeks so stay tuned.