The television show Trisha was branded "an appalling example of popular culture" yesterday after the conviction of a teenager for assault during a recording. Anthony Sampson, 19, punched his girlfriend's father in the head after the ITV show - which revels in the sort of personal confrontations pioneered in America by Jerry Springer - revealed DNA tests which showed he was not the father of a baby he thought was his own. Simon Nicholls, who defended Sampson at Norwich magistrates, condemned the daytime show, which is presented by Trisha Goddard. "This young man spent four months believing he was the...
