Shamed comedian Justin Lee Collins was seen in public for the first time in four years as he attended Lily Allen's West End theatre show on Tuesday night.
The Friday Night Project host, 47, was last seen at a public event in 2017 after removing himself from the spotlight in 2012 when he was found guilty of causing a campaign of physical and mental abuse against his ex-girlfriend Anna Larke.
On Tuesday evening, he made a solo departure from the Noel Coward Theatre, where he watched the Smile singer's stage debut in 2.22 A Ghost Story, as he fondly greeted waiting paparazzi outside the venue.
Back in 2012, Justin was found guilty of a single charge of harassment for causing Anna fear of violence on at least two occasions.
Smiling: Shamed comedian Justin Lee Collins was seen in public for the first time in four years as he attended Lily Allen's West End theatre show on Tuesday night
Prior to Tuesday night's appearance, Justin was last seen at a press night for Wonderland play at New Wimbledon Theatre in May 2017.
During his conviction in 2012, Judge John Plumstead described the crime as a 'very serious matter' as he sentenced Collins to 140 hours community service and ordered him to pay £3,500.
Former PR worker Anna told how Justin started to take over her life within weeks of the couple moving into a flat in Kew, West London, in January, 2011.
Anna told the Daily Mirror: 'He stopped me talking to my old friends and family, he bought my clothes, told me what to wear, how to have my hair.'
Shock: Back in 2012, Justin was found guilty of a single charge of harassment for causing Anna fear of violence on at least two occasions (pictured in his mugshot)
Ex love: The Friday Night Project host, 47, was last seen at a public event in 2017 after removing himself from the spotlight in 2012 when he was found guilty of causing a campaign of physical and mental abuse against his ex-girlfriend Anna Larke (pictured)
She revealed that Justin was also incredibly jealous - telling her to 'look at the ground, the tree, any inanimate object' other than another man.
She admitted she felt 'humiliated' when he made her list every man she had been intimate with on a notepad, with details of contraception used, what body parts were touched and sexual positions.
Justin had left his wife Karen, 39, and their two children a few weeks earlier to move in with Anna, demanding the list of her conquests early into their relationship.
He also made her get a new mobile number and told her not to contact her friends, and even her brother. She said: 'He made me close down my Facebook site, my Twitter. I wasn't even allowed my own email, we had to have a joint one.
Relaxed: On Tuesday evening, he made a solo departure from the Noel Coward Theatre, where he watched the Smile singer's stage debut in 2.22 A Ghost Story, as he fondly greeted waiting paparazzi outside the venue
'Then he banned me from ringing my mum, who lives in Hertfordshire, unless he was in the room. Mum's Greek and often we'd talk to each other in Greek on the phone but that had to stop too.'
During the trial, Anna had told St Albans Crown Court how Justin had had spat in her face, yanked her hair back, hit her between her legs and slapped her in the face causing 'hundreds' of bruises.
She said he forced her to close down her email and Facebook accounts, sleep facing him, compile an explicit dossier of her former lovers and throw away DVDs starring actors she found attractive.
Then: Prior to Tuesday night's appearance, Justin was last seen at a press night for Wonderland play at New Wimbledon Theatre in May 2017 (pictured)
Secret recordings were played in which Collins swore at Miss Larke calling her a '****ing slag', 'dirty vile whore' and '****ing coke head'.
The jury heard that at one point Collins told her: 'When you're with me you look at the ****ing ground, you look at a tree ... you don't look at
