Jurors in the trial of former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs have retired to consider their verdicts. Mr Giggs, 48, denies headbutting his former partner Kate Greville and behaving in a controlling or coercive manner towards her between August 2017 and November 2020.
He has also pleaded not guilty to elbowing her sister Emma Greville. The jury of seven women and five men were sent out at 3.43pm on Tuesday on the 12th day of the trial at Manchester Crown Court.
They will return at 10am tomorrow to continue their deliberations. Jurors have heard that Ms Greville alleges that Mr Giggs deliberately headbutted her at his home in Worsley on November 1, 2020, where they'd lived together since lockdown. READ MORE : Man charged with murder of Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton The couple had been at the Stock Exchange hotel in Manchester, and she had confronted him about alleged infidelities during their relationship, the court has heard.
She left the hotel and went to Mr Giggs' home where her sister had been looking after their dog Mac. Mr Giggs arrived back shortly after and they became involved in a 'tussle' over her mobile phone, the jury heard.
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