Ryan Giggs to be retried next summer accused of assaulting ex-girlfriend

Ryan Giggs is to go on trial for a second time accused of assaulting his former girlfriend after three years of allegedly coercive and controlling behaviour.

The former Manchester United and Wales footballer will face a retrial from 31 July 2023 after jurors in his first trial were unable to reach verdicts last week.

Giggs, 48, will have been on bail for more than two and a half years by the time he next faces a jury at Manchester crown court.

He was not present at court on Wednesday as the prosecutor, Peter Wright QC, confirmed that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would seek a retrial in 11 months.

Wright told the judge that the case had been considered “at a senior level” with the CPS and that “we do seek a retrial in respect of Mr Giggs”.

Wright said the complainant, Giggs’s former partner Kate Greville, had also indicated that she was prepared to give evidence in a new trial.

The new trial is due to begin on 31 July, almost a year after the start of his first trial and more than two and a half years after Giggs was arrested on 1 November 2020.

The judge said Giggs would remain on bail and that he was “well aware” of its conditions. He was not required to attend court for a pre-trial hearing on 3 July 2023.

The former Wales manager is charged with using coercive and controlling behaviour against his then girlfriend, Kate Greville, between August 2017 and November 2020.

He is also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Greville, 38. He is alleged to have deliberately headbutted her during an argument at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on 1 November 2020.

Giggs faces a third charge related to the alleged assault of Greville’s younger sister, Emma Greville, who claims the former