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Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Charles Hanson thanks fans as he appears back on Bargain Hunt after being cleared of abusing his wife
Charles Hanson has made an emotional return to BBC daytime favourite Bargain Hunt just weeks after being cleared of abusing his wife. The antiques expert, 46, appeared on Monday's episode of the long-running show – marking his first television appearance since 2023. Hanson, who has also starred in Antiques Roadshow, Flog It! and Antiques Road Trip, had been off air while facing serious allegations of assault and coercive control against his wife Rebecca. He had denied all the charges. In February, a jury at Derby Crown Court found him not guilty on all counts after a three-week trial which laid bare the collapse of his marriage to the 42-year-old radiographer. The couple are now divorcing. During the trial, Hanson was accused of a decade of abuse, including putting his pregnant wife in a headlock, pushing and scratching her, and controlling her behaviour. He told jurors she was a 'fantasist' and claimed he had been a 'slave' to her demands. Following his acquittal, the TV star sobbed in the dock before punching the air in relief and embracing his parents, Phillip and Gillian, who sat in court throughout the proceedings. Speaking outside court in February, Hanson said: 'I'm delighted after a year and half that the truth has finally come out and can finally live my life and feel this burden has finally been lifted. 'It has been a tormentous time and all I want now is to readjust to what has been such an ordeal. 'These last 18 months have been extremely upsetting. I have missed my children and quite simply I can now get back to my life and I relish that. It has been very impactful. 'I am very lucky my parents have stood by me from start to finish – without my family it would have been a very, very testing time.' He added: 'When you believe in justice you know justice and here we are today. It has taken a long, long time and to anyone who knows me, who has believed in me, who has supported me, who has messaged me – thank you.' On Monday's Bargain Hunt, Hanson was back doing what he's known for – valuing antiques and wielding the gavel on the rostrum at Bishton Hall in Staffordshire, alongside fellow expert Christina Trevanion. Fans were quick to welcome him back, with many taking to social media to share their support. One viewer wrote on X: 'Charles, it was lovely to see you again on Bargain Hunt today, you have been missed so much.' Another said: 'Great to see you back on @BBCBargainHunt this afternoon, it was a lovely surprise. You were missed.' 'Ooooh Charles is back now he's been acquitted,' a third posted, while another added: 'Good to see @HansonsAuctions back on the BBC #bargainhunt.' Following the broadcast, Hanson took to social media himself to thank supporters. 'Evening all, I just want to say, thank you,' he said. 'I've had so many messages on social media having been seen performing today on television, it means an awful lot. 'So much kindness in messaging me, thanks so much.' Hanson, a former pupil at Ecclesbourne School, in Derbyshire, was just 24 when he first appeared on Antiques Roadshow and Bargain Hunt, selected as programme makers tried to make the show more appealing to a younger generation. At the time, he was working as fine arts manager at Wintertons Fine Art, which has auction houses in Lichfield and Bakewell, after completing a degree in Fine Art and Evaluation at Southampton University. From there, he trained for a year and a half at Christies in London, before returning to live in Derbyshire when he joined Wintertons. He went on to set up his own auction house, Hansons Auctioneers in Etwall, Derbyshire, in 2005 and now has 10 across the UK. Until his arrest in June 2023, he was a regular on Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip and Flog It! where he was known for his flamboyant auctioneering style. He also regularly appeared in both local and national newspapers after unearthing gems such as a pair of bloomers said to have belonged to Queen Victoria, which sold for £4,500, and a 12,000-year-old mammoth bone, handed to him during one of his regular valuation days at his auction house. Hanson, who is rumoured to have undergone a hair transplant in recent years, was also in demand as an auctioneer at charity evenings in Derbyshire and around the country, so much so that the judge at the start of his trial had to put on record that he had attended a dinner hosted by Hanson, though did not know him personally.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Yahoo
Bargain Hunt auctioneer Charles Hanson cleared of coercive control and assault allegations related to his wife
Bargain Hunt auctioneer Charles Hanson has been cleared of coercive control and assault allegations relating to his wife. The 46-year-old was accused of being violent towards Rebecca Hanson over a 10-year period. The charges were brought after he was arrested in June 2023. The TV auctioneer, from Mackworth, Derby, denied controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and assault by beating. During the second day of evidence in the trial, Hanson claimed his wife had controlled him and made him subservient towards her. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app. You can also follow us on WhatsApp and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with the latest news.
The Independent
27-02-2025
- The Independent
Jury begins deliberations in Charles Hanson's coercive control trial
The jury in the coercive control and assault trial of TV auction show expert Charles Hanson has retired to consider its verdicts. Jurors were told they were under no pressure of time when they were sent out to begin their deliberations at Derby Crown Court on Thursday. Judge Martin Hurst told the panel of seven women and five men, who have heard three weeks of evidence and submissions, that if they need more time after Friday's deliberations, the case could sit into next week. Earlier, Hanson's counsel, Sasha Wass KC, claimed the Bargain Hunt star's wife, Rebecca Hanson, 'was not controlled in any sense of the word' and was instead unstable and unhappy and 'felt resentful and hard done by' at her husband's work commitments before their marriage 'imploded' in 2023. Ms Wass asked the jury in her closing speech to consider whether an incident involving an alleged headlock , which Hanson claims was simply a hug, was 'a real incident' which Mrs Hanson had distorted to 'build up a false case' against her husband. Ms Wass told the jury: 'The entirety of the case rests on the testimony of Rebecca Hanson. There is nothing else. You have to be sure that she is reliable, accurate and truthful. 'The reality, I suggest, is that Rebecca Hanson is none of those things and she has used this court, a criminal court, as an extension of her divorce battle. 'She has not hesitated to lie.' The trial has heard allegations that Hanson put his wife in a headlock while she was pregnant with a baby she later lost, repeatedly 'grabbed' her, locked her in a hotel room, pushed her, and scratched her as she tried to snatch a mobile phone. He told the court he was 'almost a slave' to his wife, who left him 'a beaten and broken man' by controlling him. The Crown claims WhatsApp messages sent by Hanson to his wife, who is now 41, amount to a 'set of confessions' to the charges. In his closing speech to jurors on Wednesday, Crown counsel Stephen Kemp said the messages, including one in which Hanson promised to never again 'lay a finger' on his wife, provide a clear picture of the couple's relationship. Mr Kemp also alleged that the account given to the court by 46-year-old Hanson, of Ashbourne Road in Mackworth, Derby, 'stretched credulity beyond any reasonable limit'. Hanson denies charges of controlling or coercive behaviour between 2015 and 2023, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating. The jury deliberated for around 30 minutes and will resume its discussions at 10.30am on Friday.
The Independent
18-02-2025
- The Independent
TV auctioneer Charles Hanson ‘promised not to lay finger on wife before arrest'
Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson promised his wife he would 'never lay a finger' on her 'ever again' in a message days before he was arrested, a court has heard. Hanson, 46, is on trial at Derby Crown Court accused of pushing, grabbing, scratching and holding his wife Rebecca Hanson in a headlock during an alleged decade of violence which began in 2012, two years after they married. The television auctioneer, of Ashbourne Road in Mackworth, Derby, was charged with controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating after he was arrested on June 14 2023. WhatsApp messages between Hanson and his wife from June that year leading up to his arrest in which he told her he would 'never lay a finger' on her 'ever again' were read to the court by prosecutor Stephen Kemp on Tuesday. On June 5 of that year, Hanson messaged Mrs Hanson and said: 'I promise now I will never ever lay a finger on you … ever again. Let's just give it a go, we have been through a lot in 13 years.' He added: 'Let me have one more chance and let me show you what a good husband … I can be.' One of Mrs Hanson's responses said: ' Fed up with this, you will never change.' Her husband said in a message days later: 'I know if I do anything with laying hands on again I will have to walk. 'I really do want to try and make it work, I love you and realise what I need to do. Can we not give it a two week cooling off and see where we are? I did not sleep last night thinking about everything.' She had been telling me she was scared of him and she had got to get away from him. It was not very practical for her to leave Jacqueline Ludlam, Rebecca Hanson's mother Mrs Hanson responded in another message: 'I'm past that point I'm afraid.' A few days before Hanson was arrested, Mrs Hanson told him in a text that she wanted to separate after he 'pushed (her) too far'. He said in messages to his wife earlier that month: 'Please don't say you are done, it's like a knife through my heart. Please give me one more chance. I promise I will change and I know I can. ' Mrs Hanson's mother Jacqueline Ludlam told the court that the couple's relationship began as 'quite a normal marriage' before Hanson's 'outbursts' became more frequent. She told the court: 'She had been telling me she was scared of him and she had got to get away from him. It was not very practical for her to leave.' Mrs Ludlam told the jury Hanson was 'desperate' to try anything and agreed to go to marriage counselling, which the jury had heard the couple attended one session of in May 2023. The trial continues.
The Independent
11-02-2025
- The Independent
Wife of TV auctioneer Charles Hanson was ‘paralysed with fear during violence'
The wife of television auctioneer Charles Hanson was 'paralysed with fear' when her husband was violent towards her while she was pregnant, a court has heard. Rebecca Hanson told Derby Crown Court on Tuesday that on another occasion her husband, who is accused of hurting and leaving marks on her during 10 years of violence, threatened to burn her with embers from a fire. Mrs Hanson appeared behind a screen in the courtroom to block her from the view of the defendant and the public gallery. Hanson, who is known for appearing on Bargain Hunt and Flog It!, sat in the dock wearing a black suit, with members of his family supporting him in court. The 46-year-old television personality, of Ashbourne Road in Mackworth, Derby, is charged with controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and assault by beating, which he has denied. His wife told the jury of seven women and five men that their marriage was 'generally OK' at the beginning before the violence 'escalated'. Mrs Hanson said she was 'petrified' when the first incident happened in 2012, around two years after they married, when her husband 'went for' her while she was five or six months pregnant with a baby the couple later lost. She told the court: 'Charles had obviously had an operation for testicular cancer and I was pregnant. It's common that when Charles is ill he gets extra irritable and angry.' Mrs Hanson said that during an argument she threw an empty cardboard box for cappuccino sachets which landed on the floor two metres away from him. It felt like a very long time... I think realistically probably about four, five seconds, but it felt like minutes. I froze. I was absolutely petrified and in shock Rebecca Hanson She told the jury: 'He just went for me. 'He just ran towards where I was stood in the door frame. I turned around to protect my stomach and my baby. He got me round the throat. 'He's behind me with his arm around my throat, tight, with my head back. 'It felt like a very long time… I think realistically probably about four, five seconds, but it felt like minutes. I froze. I was absolutely petrified and in shock. 'I completely froze, I was paralysed with fear. I could not believe he was doing it. I think he was shocked at what he had done, I could not believe what he had done especially because I was pregnant.' Asked by prosecution barrister Stephen Kemp why she did not call the police after the alleged incidents, Mrs Hanson said: 'I always say I'm going to call the police and he knows I never will. He apologises and says he will never do it again. You think it's going to get better… it just goes on and on and on.' Mrs Hanson told the court there was another occasion in May 2021 when her husband 'threatened to put burning embers from the fire' on her. I think it was about time somebody else knew about all of this. I was not prepared to stay in this marriage anymore Rebecca Hanson The court heard that Mrs Hanson confided in her mother-in-law, Gillian Hanson, who suggested the couple should go to marriage counselling. Mrs Hanson said: 'She (Gillian) would say 'I will speak to Charles, he gets stressed with work and has got lots of things on'. 'I told her I want to leave, I'm scared, I'm going. She said 'You can't, you have to make your marriage work'.' The court heard that the couple went to one session of marriage counselling in May 2023, where Hanson allegedly 'promised' he would not hurt his wife anymore. Mrs Hanson said: 'I think it was about time somebody else knew about all of this. I was not prepared to stay in this marriage anymore.' Asked by Mr Kemp why Hanson did not go to any further counselling sessions with her, she replied: 'He got arrested shortly after that.'
