The massage table on which Jeffrey Epstein is alleged to have sexually abused underage girls was brought into a New York courtoom and unfolded in front of the jury, making Ghislaine Maxwell squirm in her seat on the fifth day of her ongoing sex trafficking trial.

In a dramatic climax to proceedings Epstein’s personal green leather massage table, seized from the master bathroom of his Palm Beach mansion, was presented as evidence, along with photographs of sex toys found in the same room.

Earlier this week, an accuser using the pseudonym Jane said that she was just 14 when she was lured to the room by Ms Maxwell and sexually assaulted by the British socialite and her paedophile boyfriend, Epstein.

The green foldable table with light brown legs and silver studs was seized in 2005 as police raided his home in connection with alleged sex offences against children. As it was unfolded on Friday evening, Ms Maxwell, just feet away, sat bolt upright, looking uncomfortable.

Gregory Parkinson, a retired police officer involved in the 2005 search testified that he carried the massage table from Epstein’s estate. A similar version of the table, made in California by Earthlite, is valued at around £350 today. It was one of two massage tables found at the property.