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Domestic violence case against Giggs dropped

Updated on: 19 July,2023 08:27 AM IST  |  London
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Giggs, 49, was due to go on trial for a second time on July 31 after a month-long trial last year ended without the jury reaching a verdict

Domestic violence case against Giggs dropped

Ryan Giggs

Former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs will not face a retrial over domestic violence claims after prosecutors on Tuesday withdrew the charges due to the “unwillingness” of his ex-girlfriend to give evidence. 


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Giggs, 49, was due to go on trial for a second time on July 31 after a month-long trial last year ended without the jury reaching a verdict. 


But prosecuting lawyer Peter Wright told Manchester Crown Court in north west England that there was no realistic chance of conviction. Giggs’s ex-girlfriend Kate Greville had “indicated an unwillingness” to give evidence.

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