The trial of Julie Corkill, wife of former chief minister Richard Corkill, today heard a builder complain she had treated him "like a slave".

Mrs Corkill denies four charges of false accounting and two of obtaining a total of more than ?90,000 by deception.

Mark Anthony Jones worked on the Ballacain site in 2002 under main contractor GC Construction.

The court heard he felt he had been treated so badly by Mrs Corkill he threatened to walk off the site but was calmed down by GC Construction partner Will Kelly.

Mr Jones said he had been little more than "an errand boy".

Jason Roberts reports (text from attached audio file):

Mr Jones said while he was working at Ballacain he had been a lackey, and described himself as "a slave".

He said he had been asked to move furniture, give Mrs Corkill lifts, act as a handyman and claimed coping stones he had bought for himself were incorporated into a patio after Mrs Corkill said everything on the site was hers.

He went on to say he had been given Mr Corkill’s security swipecard to government buildings and been sent there on errands.

Defence advocate Dawn Jones will cross-examine him on Monday morning when the trial resumes.

(Picture: Julie Corkill arriving at Douglas courthouse for her trial).