Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's wife was 'scared for years', court hears

Bargain Hunt prima Charles Hanson is lasting proceedings astatine Derby Crown Court for allegedly assaulting his estranged woman Rebecca Hanson and for reported controlling behaviour implicit an eight-year period

Bargain Hunt prima Charles Hanson was successful tribunal connected Tuesday arsenic helium stands proceedings for allegedly attacking his estranged wife, Rebecca Hanson.

The TV auctioneer has been accused of controlling and coercive behaviour arsenic good arsenic assaulting his estranged woman pursuing his apprehension successful June 2023. The 45-year-old's lawsuit astatine Derby Crown Court is expected to past betwixt 7 and 10 days.

Mrs Hanson told the tribunal her husband, who she accused of erstwhile shoving her implicit successful the bedroom, had a “temper” and “suddenly conscionable goes”. Speaking to jurors, Mrs Hanson said she had "started to basal up for myself" adjacent the extremity of their marriage. She besides said she had contacted narration counselling work Relate.

When she was asked wherefore she had contacted Relate, Mrs Hanson said: “Honestly? It was astir clip idiosyncratic other knew astir his behaviour. I was not prepared to enactment successful this matrimony anymore. I conscionable wanted to leave, I had had enough."

She continued: "I said (to the counsellor) what helium had done to me, and I was bushed and didn’t privation him to wounded maine anymore. He lone went to 1 league with me. He promised would not wounded maine anymore. It lasted 3 oregon 4 days.”

Mrs Hanson told the tribunal that Relate contacted the constabulary to study concerns aft her league with the service. She went on: "I was much than blessed with that. I needed idiosyncratic to cognize astir this. I privation I had near successful 2012, that archetypal clip astir my throat.

"If you had known maine earlier this, I was a sparkly, happy, jokey person. I got crushed down into being perfectly worthless. I person been frightened for years."

Mr Hanson had earlier pleaded not blameworthy to battle and occasioning existent bodily harm betwixt May 13 and 17 2020. He entered the aforesaid plea for engaging successful controlling oregon coercive behaviour betwixt May 2015 and June 2023.

When helium initially denied the allegations, Mr Hanson asserted: "I volition beryllium cooperating afloat with the probe and ineligible process."

Having go a qualified surveyor successful 1999, Mr Hanson swiftly moved into Christie's ceramics and solid department. He archetypal gained nationalist attraction with his archetypal stint connected BBC's Bargain Hunt successful 2002. At the time, helium was the programme's youngest adept astatine conscionable 25 years old.

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