Cut price Hunt auctioneer Charles Hanson has been cleared of coercive management and assault allegations referring to his spouse.
The 46-year-old was accused of being violent in direction of Rebecca Hanson over an eight-year interval.
The fees had been introduced after he was arrested in June 2023.
The TV auctioneer, from Mackworth, Derby, denied controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning precise bodily hurt, and assault by beating.
The 2 assault prices associated to incidents in 2015 and 2023, with the separate cost of controlling and coercive behaviour spanning from 2015 to 2023.
Throughout the trial, Hanson claimed his spouse had managed him. He instructed the court docket he was “almost a slave” to her, saying she left him “a beaten and broken man” by controlling him and making him subservient in direction of her.
She had claimed her husband was violent in direction of her and put her in a headlock in 2012, whereas she pregnant with a child she later misplaced.
Mrs Hanson additionally alleged her husband repeatedly “grabbed” her, scratched her as she tried to grab a cell phone and pushed her twice throughout a row.
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Hanson exterior the court docket along with his dad and mom at present. Pic: PA
The auctioneer instructed the court docket his spouse was allowed “to do what she wanted” however had skilled “moments and episodes” together with one which noticed her declare his legs being crossed amounted to abuse.
Jurors deliberated for round 4 and a half hours earlier than delivering not responsible verdicts on all prices.
Because the verdicts had been returned, Hanson smiled at his dad and mom, who had been sat within the entrance row of the general public gallery at Derby Crown Court docket, and gave them a thumbs-up.
After thanking the jurors for his or her care in contemplating the case, Decide Martin Hurst instructed Hanson: “You have been found not guilty. That is the end of the case. You will hear no more about it and you are free to go.”
The TV star’s dad and mom wept and hugged their son after he was discharged from the dock.
Hanson ‘relieved that is throughout’
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Hanson speaks to media after the decision. Pic: PA
Talking to reporters exterior the court docket, Hanson stated: “I’m delighted that after a year and a half the truth has finally come out.
“I can lastly stay my life once more. I really feel this burden has lastly been lifted.”
“It has been a tormentuous time and all I want now is to readjust to what has been such an ordeal,” he continued. “I am so relieved that this is all over.”
In addition to repeatedly that includes on Cut price Hunt, Hanson has appeared on Flog It! and Antiques Street Journey.
