Ryan Giggs WILL face retrial over ‘headbutting girlfriend Kate Greville’
RYAN Giggs will face a retrial over accusations he headbutted his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville, it was confirmed today.
The former footballer, 48, allegedly attacked the PR exec, 38, and coercively controlled her over a three-year period.
He stood trial last month facing charges of actual bodily harm and controlling and coercive behaviour against Kate between December 2017 and November 2020.
He also denied the common assault by beating of Kate’s sister Emma on November 1, 2020.
But, after three weeks of evidence and 22 hours and 59 minutes of deliberations, jurors failed to reach a verdict and the trial collapsed.
At a case management hearing at Manchester Crown Court this morning, a judge ruled the ex-Wales boss will face a retrial on domestic violence charges.
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A trial date was set for July 31, 2023.
Giggs, who is on bail, did not appear.
During last month’s explosive trial that saw the sports star break down in tears, Kate claimed she became “a slave to his every need”.
She said Giggs “made me feel like I had to do what he said, otherwise there were consequences”.
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The court heard how Kate confronted her then-partner about his infidelity after finding “evidence” he had cheated on her with eight women when he allegedly headbutted her in the face.
In later messages read out to the jury this rose to at least 12, and the former Manchester United ace’s love life was laid bare as he admitted he had never been faithful to any woman, including Kate and ex-wife Stacey Giggs.
Jurors were also told how the couple exchanged 19,671 messages during their relationship.
In one, he told Kate: “I’ll stalk you like mad – I’m good at that”, while in another he warned her: “I’m so f***ing mad… I am scaring myself. I could do anything.”
He was also accused of bombarding her with sexual texts and threatening to publicly share X-rated videos of them together if she didn’t reply.
Others were cringe-worthy poems in which he told Kate she made him “as hard as a totem pole” and praised her legs and vivaciousness.
Kate said in a police statement, which was read out in court: “He wouldn’t leave me alone.”
Giggs later admitted he is unable to resist an “attractive woman” – regardless of whether he’s in a relationship.
And he confessed that he lied to former wife Stacey and other girlfriends, including Kate, “many times”.
Moments after he began giving evidence, Chris Daw QC, defending, asked: “You’re known in news articles as a love cheat. Is that reputation justified?”
Giggs – who confirmed he’s a “flirt by nature” – replied: “Yes.”
The barrister said: “In the course of your relationship with women, have you managed to be faithful to any of them?”
The footballer said: “No.”
He was also accused of cheating on Kate with a mystery cricketer’s wife, having “full on relationships” with several others, and even plotting threesomes with a woman named Charlotte.
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Giggs won 64 caps for Wales and had a glittering playing career with Manchester United, winning 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, four FA Cups and three League Cups.
He is also a co-owner of League Two side Salford City.