Date published: Friday 23rd April 2021 5:27 - TEAMtalk staff
Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour and will therefore not manage Wales at Euro 2020 this summer.
Robert Page will instead take the reins for Wales at this summer’s delayed European Championship. A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said former Manchester United winger Giggs will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday April 28.
The CPS said: “We have authorised Greater Manchester Police to charge Ryan Giggs with engaging in behaviour which was controlling or coercive and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
“A charge of assault by beating relating to a second woman has also been authorised. Mr Giggs will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 28th April.
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ITV News Wales Correspondent Rupert Evelyn, who is in Cardiff, gives the latest on Ryan Giggs charges
Wales boss Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour.
The manager and former footballer is accused of causing actual bodily harm a woman in her 30s at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, in November.
Giggs has also been charged with the common assault of a woman in her 20s during the same alleged incident.
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said the former Manchester United winger will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court on Wednesday April 28.
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Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Wales manager Giggs, 47, is accused of causing actual bodily harm to PR worker Kate Greville, 36, at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, in November.
He faces an additional charge of engaging in coercive or controlling behaviour against Ms Greville between December 2017 and November 2020.
Giggs has also been charged with the common assault of a woman in her 20s – understood to be Ms Greville’s sister – during the same alleged incident.
He will appear on bail at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on April 28, said Greater Manchester Police.
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