Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson to stand trial charged with assault and coercive behaviour against his wife
BARGAIN Hunt star Charles Hanson is set to stand trial charged with assault and coercive behaviour against his wife.
The TV auctioneer, 45, is accused of seven offences in total after police were called to his £1.5million family home in June.
Hanson, who also appears on Flog It! and Antiques Road Trip, appeared at Derby Crown Court.
He pleaded not guilty to controlling or coercive behaviour that "caused his wife Rebecca on two occasions to fear violence".
The TV star also denied with assault occasioning causing actual bodily harm and two counts of assault by beating.
The charges allegedly took place against wife Rebecca between 2015 and June 2023.
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Hanson was bailed on the condition he does not go to the family home or does not contact his wife.
A provisional trial set to last five days was set for February 10, 2025.
The star, who first appeared on Bargain Hunt in 2002, was charged on December 14.
Police had been called to his six-bedroom home in a picturesque Derbyshire village in the summer.
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It is understood Hanson has since moved out of the house, which he shared with Rebecca, 40, since 2014.
Hanson's career started in the ceramics and glass department at Christie’s in 1999.
In 2002, he became the youngest expert on the Bargain Hunt team aged 25.
In a previous statement, Hanson denied the charges and said he would be "co-operating fully with the investigation and legal process".
