"knock her from one side of the room to the other" while she "cowered in terror". Rowlands became both increasingly possessive and jealous of Hewson to the extent that when they went out to a bar, Rowlands followed her into the ladies toilets and started banging on the cubicle doors to get her out. Deciding to end the relationship as it was damaging her mental health, after Rowlands returned to their table, Hewson began making her way out of the bar when Rowlands came up behind her and hit her across the head with a cricket bat. The first blow knocked Hewson unconscious yet Rowlands continued to hit her with it until members of the public came to her aid. Although the police were called, Rowlands avoided trouble claiming it was a domestic argument. Although Hewson tried to distance herself from Rowlands, he would follow her around and give her "menacing" phone calls for several years afterwards. Hewson married the artist Hector Blamey; their marriage ended in divorce in 1974. In May 1983, Hewson married Ken Boyd, whom she had met in 1976, and had a daughter with him in 1984. The couple separated in 2001, after he admitted having an affair, and divorced in 2011. In 2007, after over thirty years in show business, Hewson declared bankruptcy. She described the experience as like having "a dreadful, contagious disease". Hewson is a cousin of retired footballer Garry Birtles. Hewson's mother died in 2012. Filmography Film Television Theatre Credits References External links 1950 births Living people English writers English film actresses English television actresses English soap opera actresses Actors from Nottingham English radio actresses English stage actresses Laurence Olivier Award winners Alumni of RADA English women novelists People from Burton Joyce Women autobiographers