TRIAL: Some of the cases being heard today, including a Worcester trial A 36-year-old Worcester man is due to appear in court today for his trial following allegations he knocked his partner out with a vacuum cleaner. Christopher Holder of Swallowfields, Warndon Villages, Worcester, denied a total of nine counts when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court in March. His trial, which is expected to last three days, is scheduled to start today. Holder faces a charge of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship, two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily ...