{"id":23213,"date":"2022-08-31T11:49:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23213"},"modified":"2022-08-31T11:49:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:49:15","slug":"ryan-giggs-trial-jury-discharged-after-failing-to-reach-verdicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/08\/31\/ryan-giggs-trial-jury-discharged-after-failing-to-reach-verdicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Giggs trial: Jury discharged after failing to reach verdicts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The jury in the trial of former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts on any of the charges.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 48-year-old denied headbutting ex-partner Kate Greville, 38, during a row at his home in November 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He also denied controlling behaviour, as well as assaulting Ms Greville’s sister Emma, 26, at Manchester Crown Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Any retrial will not take place until at least 5 June 2023, the judge said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Giggs’ head dropped when he heard how long it could take for the case to conclude.<\/p>\n

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The jury had failed to reach a verdict on any of three charges against Mr Giggs, who was Wales manager\u00a0until he resigned in June<\/a>, after deliberating for 22 hours and 59 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The jury was made up of 11 people – seven women and four men – after\u00a0one of the original 12 jurors had fallen ill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Hilary Manley asked jurors if they had reached a verdict on any counts on which a majority of 10 to one had agreed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The foreman of the jury answered: “No.”<\/p>\n

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Asked if there was any “realistic prospect” of them reaching verdicts if given more time, the foreman again answered: “No.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She then thanked the jurors and discharged them, warning them not to discuss the case as there may be another trial of the case in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Manley said “it was clear they had striven hard to reach verdicts” and should not feel “dispirited”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The former Manchester United footballer had been on trial for four weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What happens next?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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The Crown Prosecution Service has a week to decide whether to pursue a retrial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If this happens, a new jury would be sworn in, which will hear the evidence as part of a new trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Giggs has been released on bail until 7 September, when what happens next in the case will be discussed at a hearing.<\/p>\n

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At the start of the trial, Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, called it a story of “control and coercion” of a woman who thought she was “loved and respected”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said the former player’s relationship with Ms Greville was\u00a0“punctuated by acts of violence and volatility”<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Giggs admitted to being unfaithful<\/a>\u00a0in relationships but, when asked if he had ever physically assaulted a woman, he said “no”, adding that he had never set out to control or coerce a woman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A social media post brought to the attention of Judge Manley on 10 August, a couple of days into the trial, has been referred to the Attorney General as a possible Contempt of Court, she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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