JAN MOIR: Their bodies pressed close, their heads together, the very private moment I witnessed in a quiet corridor that reveals how Alec Baldwin clung to his wife for support

If Alec Baldwin was looking for omens on the eve of his manslaughter trial, there were plenty to be found. Actor Alec Baldwin interacts with his wife Hilaria Baldwin during his hearing in Santa Fe County District Court Yesterday the case against him was sensationally dismissed midway through the trial after the judge said there had been errors by the prosecution in the handling of evidence that 'impacted the fundamental fairness of the case'. Baldwin's abrupt exit came as the prosecution were outlining evidence revealing that just hours after the fatal shooting, he told his wife Hilaria to carry on with arrangements to bring their young family to New Mexico for a holiday. Actor Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin leave District Court following the day's proceedings on July 10 Especially after publicly presenting herself as having Spanish heritage for years before it turned out she had nothing of the sort. As the week progressed, she became increasingly tactile during breaks, walking across the court to rub her husband's shoulders and stroke his face in a manner that can only be described as curdled Markle-esque — looking at Alec, with his eyes pouched with stress and his ravaged face sometimes making him look like a bulldog that's been through a boil wash.