A TV auctioneer used violence against his wife over a 10-year period which began after he put her in a headlock during an argument, a court has heard. A jury was told that Charles Hanson began using “sufficient force” against Rebecca Hanson to leave visible marks on some occasions from 2012, about two years after they married. Mr Hanson, 46, appeared at Derby Crown Court on Monday charged with controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and assault by beating. He denied all charges against him during a court appearance in February 2024. Mrs Hanson estimated that her husband would be violent to her “every six months or so” following the first incident, the jury was told. On one occasion in 2015, it is alleged that Mr Hanson “gripped her so hard that it left three fingertip bruises on her arm” which “really hurt and caused her to cry”.
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