Ryan Giggs cleared of domestic violence charges as ex declines to give evidence at retrial
Wale football legend, Ryan Giggs has been cleared of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville after she declined to co-operate with a retrial. The ex-Manchester United footballer, 49, was facing charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm over an alleged headbutt on Ms. Greville, 38, plus further counts of coercive or controlling behaviour against her and common assault against her sister Emma. But, in a 10-minute court hearing, the prosecution offered no evidence and Judge Hilary Manley said: 'I formally enter not guilty verdicts in respect of each of the three counts.' It is also revealed today that the case began to fall apart in May, when Ms Greville said she did not want to testify due to the effects of the process on her 'mental and physical well-being.' However, lawyers for Giggs said he 'did not buy' her reasoning, insisting the prosecution was put off by new information uncovered by the defence, including a cosmetic proc...