Jessie Wallace's affair with double killer

STRICTLY Come Dancing star Jessie Wallace had a torrid six-month affair with a double killer who STRANGLED his wife, the News of the World can reveal.

Gangster David Parris today tells how he BEDDED the former EastEnders wildcat when she was just 17-and how she was so BEDAZZLED by his underworld glamour she even tagged along as he delivered COCAINE to celebrities.

"She liked my bad-boy status, and I liked the fact I had a younger bird," says Parris, who throttled his wife and threw her out of a window.

"Jessie would say to me, 'I know what you're like and what you get up to' with a twinkle in her eye. She liked the fact I had a hint of danger.

"She was a game bird too. She liked wearing stockings and suspenders and she loved doing it in cars. Well, young girls do, don't they.

"Once we were having it off in a motor and a hunt rode past."

But jealous Jessie-who shot to fame as Albert Square firebrand Kat Slater -became too hot to handle even for a hardened criminal who has carried out nearly 50 ARMED ROBBERIES.

The fed-up killer eventually ended it-labelling her a "bunny-boiler" -only for furious Jessie to take revenge on him by bedding his BROTHER. Parris, 43, reveals in gritty detail how he met Jessie-currently the favourite of millions of Strictly fans-when she was babysitting at a mutual pal's house.

He had already been convicted for killing a 32-year-old man with his bare hands when he was only 15-and was a "face" in the London underworld, rubbing shoulders with the city's top crime families including the Richardsons and Adamses.

"Jessie would go bright red when I looked at her-and she had a lovely pair," said Parris, who has now given up his life of crime. "She knew bits and pieces about me and would say, 'Tell me about the jobs you've been on'.

"I remember her being a nice, polite girl-until other people turned up. Then she would get all cocky and mouthy and bigging herself up. She was showing off to me.

Deals

"I liked the fact a 17-year-old girl was interested in me. I was 24 then, 6ft 2ins and in great shape due to my martial arts and boxing training.

"She loved my toned body and would often comment on it. She also loved the fact I had a bit of cash.

"I had a flat in Swiss Cottage and a house in Waltham Abbey, as well as a red Mercedes 560 and a rare black soft-top Triumph Stag, both of which she loved riding around in.

"It was all bought with money from robberies and deals. I was mixing with all of the top gangs. I did between 40 and 50 robberies, at a guess. Banks, Post Offices, whatever.

"And I suppose to a young girl that was intriguing and impressive."

He first had sex with the then unknown beauty at her home in Enfield. "Her dad was out and she started to pull off my belt. We were all over each other," says Parris.

"She said she was a virgin so I took it slow and careful and she loved it. But she gave the impression she knew what she was doing. Every time after that I went round there she was round my neck. I liked her attitude. She was young but wasn't afraid to say what she wanted."

The wide-eyed youngster who dreamed of being an actress had her first brush with the world of drugs by Parris's side.

"When we were together I was delivering drugs to a lot of celebrities and Jessie liked mixing in those circles," says Parris. "I was doing the deals. She wasn't involved in any way, but she was so excited.

"But the funny thing is, in all the time I knew her, and considering all the claims that have been made about her drug-taking, I never once saw her have even a puff on a joint.

"I even saw her turn down pills at a rave. She used to like vodka and tonic instead."

Their sex life was where she got her highs. "She liked dressing up and we would often pop into Ann Summers to pick up sexy outfits. She would say to me, 'Do you like it in this position?' and that sort of thing.

"We did it in both of my cars-and once in a mate's Morris Minor after I did a delivery-usually in the front passenger seat.

"One time we were down a lovers lane in Enfield when a hunt came galloping past, looking into the car. She didn't realise until they had gone past and then she was really angry with me."

In fact, Jessie's temper was never far below the surface, simmering away.

"She was great fun, but utterly mad," said Parris. "With me being who I was, she thought she could get away with having a go at people and expect me to sort it out.

"I remember once she threw a drink over a bloke in a pub who she claimed looked at her, and told me to 'do' him. Obviously I took him outside by the throat-but he was nearly crying, so I felt sorry for him and told him to disappear."

Jealous Jessie's immaturity started to get to Parris. "She found out I'd given a friend's sister a lift-and assumed I was sleeping with her.

"She went ballistic at me shouting things like, 'You're f****** me about and seeing other birds, and now I know where you go at nights'.

"She looked pretty stupid when we met the girl at a party a few weeks later and it was all explained.

"Another time we were in the car and she went mad at me for apparently chatting up a bird in Boots. So I stopped the car and just told her to get out. She had to get the bus home.

"When she would throw one like that I would just blank her for a week or two and she would be on the phone again saying, 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, please come round.'

Screamed

"But it was what eventually drove me away."

When Parris ended the affair in early 1989, Jessie took it badly. "I hadn't seen or spoken to her for a week and it was fizzling out. She rang to ask me why I hadn't seen her for a while, so I went round.

"She had a go at me with a Donald Duck face on, saying, 'You're taking the p*** not ringing me'. So I told her we might as well finish. She wasn't expecting that, and screamed, 'Well f*** off then!' So I did.

"After that she became a bit of a bunny-boiler. She rang me up and went off her head. She was shouting things like, 'You just f****** used me', which wasn't true at all."

Jessie then moved on to Parris's younger brother Steve, now a property developer in Essex. Parris said: "I think it was to get back at me, which is just pathetic. So I ribbed her about it and joked with her about having a threesome.

"When I got married a year after we split, Steve wanted to invite her to the wedding. I told him not to. I mean, can you imagine what a nightmare that would have been?"

Parris moved to the Cypriot capital Nicosia with his wife Avgoustina, 34, where they had a son and a daughter, now in their teens.

But not long after the youngest was born, Parris throttled Avgoustina and hurled her from their second-floor apartment. He denied the killing but was given 15 years.

"I had a row with my missus who was a heroin addict," he claimed. "I never strangled her and threw her out the window. I hit her and she fell through the window.

"I got out nearly five years ago and am a good boy now." Parris lives in the mountains outside Nicosia with his children and new hairdresser wife Maria, 39.

Jessie, now 37, went on to EastEnders fame-and notoriety for her boozing and drug-taking amid a string of failed relationships.

Last month we revealed how Jessie stole her latest fiancé, 25-year-old part-time fighter Tommy O'Neill, from her sister, model Danielle Mason, 25.

In Strictly she's dancing with Darren Bennett-and so far has failed to set the show alight.

She was nearly kicked out in the first week but was saved by the voting public. And she'll need their support again after her rumba came bottom with just 19 points on Saturday.

Parris, who now services luxury cars, said: "I'm speaking out because when I saw her on Strictly the memories came back.

"I've met some mad women in my time but she is the maddest. She caused me a lot of grief when we split up so I won't be rooting for her in Strictly.

"But I'm sure she'll do well. She was always a proper exhibitionist."

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