Former Manchester United player appears in court on charges of assaulting ex-partner Kate Greville
The former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has pleaded not guilty to three charges of domestic abuse.
Giggs, 47, appeared at Manchester magistrates court on Wednesday to face charges of assaulting his ex-partner, Kate Greville, and engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour towards her between 1 December 2017 and 2 November last year.
The assault is alleged to have happened at his home in Worsley, Salford, on 2 November.
Giggs is also accused of beating Emma Greville on the same date. She is believed to be Kate’s sister.
The charge of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship was introduced in the Serious Crime Act 2015.
Giggs is accused of having “repeatedly or continuously engaged in behaviour which was controlling or coercive, namely, used violence, isolation, belittling, humiliation, harassment, degradation and abuse towards Kate Greville, to whom, at the time of the behaviour, you were personally connected in that you were in an intimate relationship, that behaviour having a serious effect on her, and you knew or ought to have known that the behaviour would have a serious effect on her”.
Giggs spent his entire playing career at Manchester United, making his debut in 1991 and retiring in 2016.
