I held Jade's hand all night and begged her to forgive me

EMOTIONAL Jack Tweed told yesterday how he spent a whole night holding terminally-ill Jade Goody’s hand in hospital — and begged her to forgive his criminal past.

The 21-year-old, out of jail on parole and facing a new stretch after a second assault conviction, made a late-night dash to the Big Brother star’s bedside just hours after appearing in court.

Jack, who wears an electronic tag, was allowed to break his home curfew on compassionate grounds after hearing that Jade had “suffered a turn” after an op to remove a bowel blockage.

He spent Tuesday night comforting the cancer-stricken mum of two as she cried in pain and battled to sleep, with her condition continuing to weaken.

Jack said yesterday: “I was given permission to spend the night with Jade. I’m so happy — I just wish I could be there all the time.

“I told her I’m so sorry for my behaviour in the past. It’s meant I haven’t been there for her the whole time.

“I told her I’ve let everyone down but have learned my lesson. And I said I’m worried that, once again, I won’t be there for her and the family when they really need me. I just want to be with her as much as I can.”

Cuddle

A source at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea, West London, told how a camp bed was put in 27-year-old Jade’s room so her husband could stay — but said he barely slept at all.

The source said: “Jack spent nearly all night holding Jade’s hand and tenderly stroking her face. He tried to cuddle her, but she is hooked up to a drip and has her gas and air mask constantly with her, which made it hard.

“He did his best to hold her at times, she was grateful he was there.”

Jack spoke of his vigil yesterday just as Jade’s mum Jackiey Budden, 50, left the hospital in tears after visiting her stricken daughter.

Jack, whose curfew means he must stay at his mum’s Essex home from 7pm to 7am, was NOT allowed to return to his wife’s bedside last night.

He spent yesterday afternoon with pals, leaving Jade to get vital rest.

During the trip, he visited a pizza restaurant before viewing a showroom with a chum who wants a new flat.

Jade — mum to sons Bobby, five, and Freddie, four — was “heavily sedated” in hospital last night.

Spokesman Max Clifford said: “She’s not been seeing anybody. She is resting up so she can see her boys tomorrow.

“I spoke to Jade this morning and she was very, very groggy. We are just hoping her sleepiness was just down to the drugs she was given for pain.”

Mr Clifford said that if Jade’s condition continued to worsen, he would advise her to withdraw from the public eye.

She has so far accepted media coverage to raise money for her sons.

Jade, whose cervical cancer spread to her bowel, liver and groin and is believed to have reached her brain, wants to die at home in Upshire, Essex, but she is too frail to travel.