Caroline Flack's mother has said her daughter "was not an abuser" and was treated unfairly because of her celebrity status, the inquest into her death has heard.
Flack, 40, died at her flat in north London in February, weeks before she was due to go on trial for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton.
The Crown Prosecution Service initially decided to caution Flack, but went on to charge her after an appeal by police.
During the second day of the inquest into her death, the Love Island presenter's mother confronted the detective inspector who appealed for Flack to be charged rather than cautioned.
"If it had been… an ordinary person, you wouldn't have prosecuted," Christine Flack told Detective Inspector Lauren Bateman.
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"I just think you should be disgusted with yourself. There is nothing we can do to bring Caroline back. I hope in hindsight you do regret this…
"She was not an abuser."
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Mrs Flack was responding to DI Bateman's evidence, in which the detective inspector said the star was charged with assault rather than given a caution because there was no "clear" admission of guilt.
DI Bateman said Flack had given different accounts about what happened on the night of her arrest.
Mr Burton said Flack had hit him with an object while he was asleep.
When officers arrived at the scene, the couple were both injured, the detective said.
The Love Island presenter told police: "I did, I whacked him round the head like that," while gesturing a swinging motion with her hand.
"I admit I did it," she said. "I used the phone. I had his phone in one hand, and my phone in the other. I whacked him round the head – there's no excuse for it, I was upset."
She also told officers that Mr Burton was cheating on her.
DI Bateman told the inquest that in a later police interview, Flack said she had a "blurry" memory of the incident and that she had "tapped" Mr Burton on the head to wake him up.
But Mrs Flack argued that her daughter had given a consistent account of what happened, and it was Mr Burton's account that was unreliable as he had been drinking all day and was intoxicated on the night of the incident.
She said this was a "life-changing" charge but DI Bateman "never saw Caroline" and "went on a drunken phone call".
"I don't think that's the case," the detective responded, although she said appreciated what Mrs Flack was saying.
The coroner said she was "really struggling" to see how Mr Burton's injury could be described as "significant" given he had not needed to go to hospital, but Lisa Ramsarran, a deputy chief crown prosecutor in north London, said the wound was "not insignificant".
Ms Ramsarran said the injury was "bleeding profusely".
It was unclear at the time what object was used in the alleged assault on Mr Burton, but he said he assumed it was a desk fan or a lamp.
Flack's phone was seized as there was a "significant" amount of blood on it and a crack on one of the corners.
The coroner questioned why the police decided to appeal against the caution, despite Flack having no previous convictions and no history of domestic violence.
DI Bateman said there were aggravating factors, including that an object was used,Read More – Source
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