Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson arrives at court charged with assault and coercive behaviour
BARGAIN Hunt star Charles Hanson has arrived at court charged with assault and coercive behaviour.
The TV auctioneer, 45, is accused of five 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, has arrived at Derby Crown Court today.
He is charged with two counts of of assault causing actual bodily harm and one of controlling and coercive behaviour.
The TV star is also accused of two counts of assault by beating.
Hanson previously denied the charges, which allegedly took place between May 2015 and June 2023.
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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.
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".
