TV auctioneer cleared of assaulting wife

TV auctioneer Charles Hanson has been cleared of assaulting his wife and using controlling or coercive behaviour against her following a trial at Derby Crown Court.

The 46-year-old presenter, of Ashbourne Road in Mackworth, had been on trial charged with controlling or coercive behaviour over a 10-year period, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating.

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