Ryan Giggs assault trial decision will now be made by just 11 jurors due to illness

Ryan Giggs and Kate Greville has been making headlines recently as the footballer stood trial for an alleged assault against his former girlfriend, which he denies. Kate accused Giggs of headbutting her during an altercation in November 2020 and of using controlling behaviour.

Gary Neville could face Contempt of Court action following a comment he made on social media made during pal Ryan Giggs' trial. The former Manchester United defender has been referred to the Attorney General after Judge Hilary Manley learned of Neville's comment, which was included in an Instagram post the 47-year-old posted at 4am on the opening day of court proceedings.

Ryan Giggs is potentially facing a possible retrial after a jury failed to reach verdicts in his domestic violence trial.The former Manchester United footballer had been on trial for four weeks but following more than 20 hours of deliberations, the jury of seven women and four men, having lost one juror to illness, failed to reach any verdicts. Lawyers will now have to consider the public interest of a retrial but any further trial would only take place many months from now. Giggs, 48, had denied controlling or coercive behaviour over a three-year period towards his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville, 38.

Ryan Giggs has been dismissed from court after a jury failed to reach a verdict, causing the trial to collapse.The former Manchester United winger was expecting to learn of the outcome of his trial at Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday afternoon but is instead no closer.Giggs was standing accused of headbutting his former girlfriend Kate Greville and assaulting her younger sister Emma Greville on the night of November 1, 2020.The ex-Wales manager had also been accused of behaving in a controlling and coercive manner towards his ex between August 2017 and November 2020. He denied all charges.The jury failed to reach verdicts on any of the three charges upon which at least 10 of them agreed.

Jurors in Ryan Giggs' trial will return to court to continue their deliberations on Wednesday.

Ex-footballer Ryan Giggs was spotted walking his dog in Scotland while he waits the verdict on his trial.Giggs, 48, was seen with a golden Labrador near a service station in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, on Monday.The former Manchester United star denies assaulting his former girlfriend Kate Greville, 36, causing her actual bodily harm on November 1, 2020. The Welshman also denied common assault of her younger sister, Emma Greville, on the same day.An onlooker said: "We just spotted him when we were driving down to Manchester.

Stacey Giggs, the ex-wife of footballer Ryan Giggs, has revealed that her £80k Range Rover Sport has been recovered after three masked men stole it from her driveway whilst she was at home. The former WAG, 43, is said to have seen her £80,000 car be driven off by thieves in the early hours of Thursday 25 August morning at her home in Worsley, Manchester, leaving her and her two children, Liberty, 19, and Zach, 15, "traumatised".

Stacey Giggs has shared a positive update after her car was stolen by ‘masked men’ from outside her home. The mother-of-two, who was formerly married to footballer Ryan Giggs, was said to be ‘inconsolable’ after she watched the thieves break into her £80,000 Range Rover parked outside her home in Worsley, Greater Manchester and drive off in it. Her children, Liberty, 19, and 15-year-old Zach, also watched the theft happen. However, the vehicle has been returned with Stacey confirming it’s now in the possession of police. In her Instagram stories on Sunday, she told her concerned followers: ‘Thank you so much for all your lovely msgs! Liberty, Zach and myself are doing just fine.‘My cars with the police forensic and we have cctv. But at the end of the day it’s just a car! Xxx.’ It was previously reported that Stacey and her children were woken at around 1.30am on Friday and saw three masked men driving off in their Range Rover Sport.Stacey, who was in a relationship with The Wanted’s Max George until recently after which he began dating EastEnders actress Maisie Smith, was said to be left ‘traumatised’ by the incident. An insider told The Sun: ‘It was so upsetting.

Stacey Giggs and her children have reportedly been left ‘inconsolable’ and ‘traumatised’ after an alleged car theft at their home. The 43-year-old, who is the ex-wife of footballer Ryan Giggs, reportedly witnessed her car being stolen from her home. Her two children, Liberty, 19, and 15-year-old Zach, also reportedly saw their car being driven away by ‘masked men.

Ryan Giggs' ex-wife Stacey has reportedly been left “traumatised as three masked men stole her £80,000 car while she was at home". The former WAG, 43, who reportedly accused her ex Max George of "cheating on her with Maisie Smith", is said to have seen her £80,000 car be driven off by thieves in the early hours of Thursday 25 August morning at her home in Worsley, Manchester. The whole ordeal was caught on CCTV and the former footballer’s wife was said to be left “traumatised”.

Ryan Giggs' ex-wife Stacey was left shaken when three masked men stole her £80,000 Range Rover Sport, according to reports.The mum-of-two noticed the thieves had driven off with the car around 1.30am on Thursday in Worsley, Manchester.The Sun reports the incident took place at her home, where she lives with her two children. READ MORE: Man Utd's Europa League opponents based in area where 'all travel is advised against' A source told the publication: "It was so upsetting. Her kids were there." At home she was reportedly with Liberty, 19, and Zach, 15, the children who she shares with former Manchester United and Wales winger Giggs, 48.A source said to The Sun "it was so upsetting" and the children were left "terrified".

Ryan Giggs assault trial to postpone its deliberations on Thursday after one called in sick.Judge Hilary Manley told them they should only discuss the evidence in the case when all 12 were together. She said the ill juror hoped to be well enough to return to Manchester Crown Court on Friday so they could continue to deliberate.

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.

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Giggs’ expressions of affection across more than 19,000 messages exchanged between the former couple, enough to fill 56 lever arch files, were “utterly hollow”. Mr Wright claimed “The messages in this case, all of them, when contextualised, tell their own sorry tale of emotional manipulation, physical excess and control and coercion.”He went on: “The reality is the truth has caught up with him (Giggs) and now it’s time. It’s time to pay the price.

Jurors in the trial of Ryan Giggs have now heard all the evidence in the case, after a large number of messages, poems and love letters were revealed. Mr Giggs, 48, has pleaded not guilty to displaying controlling or coercive behaviour towards ex-partner Kate Greville, assault occasioning actual bodily harm of Kate Greville, and assault by beating of Emma Greville.

Alex Ferguson has told a court he never saw Ryan Giggs lose his temper as he gave evidence defending his ex-player. The former Manchester United manager, 80, spoke about his relationship at the club with Giggs, who is on trial charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville. Sir Alex told Manchester Crown Court on Friday that Giggs had a “fantastic temperament”, adding: “To have a career as long as he had in a difficult position, in terms of energy, he fulfilled everything we ever wished for.

Ryan Giggs has a “fantastic temperament” ex Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson told jurors today. The 80-year-old came to Manchester Crown Court in person to give evidence about Giggs during his trial.The 48-year-old former Manchester United star is accused of controlling and coercive behaviour towards his ex Kate Greville, 36, during their six-year relationship.

Ryan Giggs was accused of having an affair with a cricketer's wife by his ex girlfriend Kate Greville in court today (August 19).The 48-year-old former Manchester United player was accused of sleeping with eight different women during his relationship with Ms Greville, in a letter she wrote him just days before he allegedly assaulted her.The letter said: "Oh, and I know about Steph – she's married to the cricketer now." Ms Greville accused them of having a "full blown affair in 2014" which "carried on the whole time you were seeing me".She wrote in the letter: "I knew all about Steph, she's married to that cricketer but you knew that…You were having sex on tour with her in Washington."Jurors did not hear details about who Steph is, or which cricketer she is married to.Ex Wales manager Giggs is accused of coercive and controlling behaviour towards Ms Greville, 36, during their six-year relationship and headbutting her during a row at their home in Worsley, Greater Manchester.Giggs is also accused of elbowing her younger sister Emma in the jaw during the row in November 2020.Manchester Crown Court heard Ms Greville wrote Giggs a letter titled The Final Goodbye just three days before.She said: "I now know you say the same things you say to me to multiple women."I'm nothing special, I was just the one you didn't let have a happy life without you."Ms Greville claimed the "other women" have "husbands and kids" and said: "I stayed loyal and committed to you no matter what and what did I get from it? Nothing at all."She continued: "I know you and Helen had a full-on relationship while you were sleeping with me.