Ex- Man United player Ryan Giggs charged with assault and battery

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Manchester United ex-player Ryan Giggs has been charged with the assault of two women on Friday. The Football Association of Wales confirmed the news, disclosing that the ex-winger, who is also the coach of the Wales international team, will not be in charge of the team at the Euro 2020.

The statement released by the Wales team read, “The Football Association of Wales has noted the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to proceed with charging Ryan Giggs, the men’s national team manager,” the FAW affirmed in a statement released shortly after the CPS announced its intent to charge the former United star.”

Giggs, 47, was also charged with a single count of coercive and controlling behaviour.

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The charges relate to an incident to which police were called towards the end of 2020 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Officers were called by two women, one of who received treatment for injuries.

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A statement from Greater Manchester Police read: “A man from Salford has been charged with three offences after police were called to reports of a disturbance in the Worsley area in November 2020.

“Ryan Giggs has been charged with causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a woman in her 20s. Both counts relate to an incident on the evening of Sunday 1 November 2020.

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“Giggs, of Chatsworth Road, Worsley, has also been charged with one count of coercive and controlling behaviour between December 2017 and November 2020. He has been bailed and is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 28 April 2021.

“Police were called at 10:05 pm on Sunday 1 November 2020 to reports of a disturbance at an address on Chatsworth Road, Worsley.”

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