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Ryan Giggs: Covid lockdown was utter hell, ex tells court | |
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Ryan Giggs' trial is expected to last two weeks | Ryan Giggs' trial is expected to last two weeks |
Ryan Giggs' ex-girlfriend said living with him during the first Covid lockdown was "utter hell", a court has heard. | |
The former Manchester United star and Wales manager, 48, is on trial accused of using controlling and coercive behaviour and assaulting Kate Greville. | The former Manchester United star and Wales manager, 48, is on trial accused of using controlling and coercive behaviour and assaulting Kate Greville. |
He is also charged with assaulting Ms Greville, causing her actual bodily harm, and common assault of her younger sister, Emma Greville, | He is also charged with assaulting Ms Greville, causing her actual bodily harm, and common assault of her younger sister, Emma Greville, |
He denies all the charges. | He denies all the charges. |
The pair moved in together for the first time after Mr Giggs asked her to live with him at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester. | |
Ms Greville said she did not choose to live elsewhere or with her parents because "I wanted to stay with Ryan... because we had just started the relationship again". | |
The court heard that during the lockdown the couple took part in online family quizzes, wine tasting on Zoom and had Michelin-starred chefs bring in food. | |
But Ms Greville said there were arguments, including one involving loading the dishwasher. | |
"He was making me feel like I was stupid, the way I was loading it. I had to do it exactly the way he wanted to do it. That's just one example of many." | |
Mr Giggs' defence barrister, Chris Daw QC, said: "You suggest in your various accounts that lockdown was a period of living hell." | |
Ms Greville replied: "I felt like I was losing my mind. I was having panic attacks. It was a horrific time for me." | |
I was slave to Giggs' demands, ex tells court | I was slave to Giggs' demands, ex tells court |
Giggs threw ex out of hotel room naked, court told | Giggs threw ex out of hotel room naked, court told |
Ryan Giggs headbutted ex-girlfriend - court hears | Ryan Giggs headbutted ex-girlfriend - court hears |
Ms Greville also told the court she was made to feel that a violent attack on her by him in a London hotel room had been her fault. | |
Mr Daw, read a series of text messages between them the day after she said he kicked her in the back out of bed, threw a laptop bag at her head and threw her naked out of a hotel room. | |
She agreed the messages were "good humoured" and referred jokingly to their hangovers following an event they had both attended in London the evening before. | |
The former Manchester United star is accused of using controlling and coercive behaviour | |
Mr Daw said Mr Giggs' version of events was that the pair had been at a work function and Ms Greville accused him of flirting with a woman he had been paired with for a crazy golf competition. | Mr Daw said Mr Giggs' version of events was that the pair had been at a work function and Ms Greville accused him of flirting with a woman he had been paired with for a crazy golf competition. |
She denied she tried to "wind him up" by flirting with another man at a club later on, and holding his hand. | |
She agreed Mr Giggs left for the hotel on his own, but denied he asked her to sleep on the sofa when she got back to the room. | |
Mr Daw put to her that Mr Giggs put her case on the bed, but she replied: "He threw my bag and laptop at my head." | |
Mr Daw said that the next morning you said to him: "I was so drunk I don't remember much about that night." | Mr Daw said that the next morning you said to him: "I was so drunk I don't remember much about that night." |
Ms Greville told the court: "While we were at breakfast I went to touch my head and my head was hurting, I said: 'Did you throw a bag at me last night?' and he said: 'Yes, but you wound me up that much you made me do it'." | Ms Greville told the court: "While we were at breakfast I went to touch my head and my head was hurting, I said: 'Did you throw a bag at me last night?' and he said: 'Yes, but you wound me up that much you made me do it'." |
When Mr Daw said this was "all just lies," she replied: "No, absolutely not." | When Mr Daw said this was "all just lies," she replied: "No, absolutely not." |
Ms Greville also told the court Mr Giggs "made me feel like it was my fault". | Ms Greville also told the court Mr Giggs "made me feel like it was my fault". |
Ryan Giggs' football career ended with him as the most decorated player in the Premier League era, with 34 trophies | Ryan Giggs' football career ended with him as the most decorated player in the Premier League era, with 34 trophies |
The court previously heard that Mr Giggs had "deliberately headbutted" his ex-girlfriend and his private life involved a "litany of abuse, both physical and psychological". | |
Ms Greville was also asked why she had not mentioned being kicked in the back in her original statement to the police, only giving that detail during a recorded interview a few weeks later. | Ms Greville was also asked why she had not mentioned being kicked in the back in her original statement to the police, only giving that detail during a recorded interview a few weeks later. |
Mr Daw asked if she was "just trying to make everything sound as bad as you could?" | Mr Daw asked if she was "just trying to make everything sound as bad as you could?" |
But Ms Greville said she had gone into more detail in the interview than she had in her statement. | But Ms Greville said she had gone into more detail in the interview than she had in her statement. |
"That's exactly how it happened," she said. | "That's exactly how it happened," she said. |
Ryan Giggs watched as Kate Greville's police interview was played for the jury | Ryan Giggs watched as Kate Greville's police interview was played for the jury |
She was also read a series of messages by her to Mr Giggs in which she became increasingly impatient that he was not replying quickly enough. | She was also read a series of messages by her to Mr Giggs in which she became increasingly impatient that he was not replying quickly enough. |
Ms Greville said she had been "conditioned" by Mr Giggs because he expected messages to be responded to "within seconds". | Ms Greville said she had been "conditioned" by Mr Giggs because he expected messages to be responded to "within seconds". |
She was also read examples of messages between the couple where Mr Giggs appeared to be showing her support and encouragement in her job. | She was also read examples of messages between the couple where Mr Giggs appeared to be showing her support and encouragement in her job. |
On one occasion, he took her side in a dispute with his best friend, whose daughter was working with Ms Greville. | On one occasion, he took her side in a dispute with his best friend, whose daughter was working with Ms Greville. |
Mr Daw said: "You said he was undermining of your career ambitions?" | Mr Daw said: "You said he was undermining of your career ambitions?" |
Ms Greville replied that "on one hand he could be supportive and I felt that, on the other hand, he would be undermining, he would pepper the niceness with the horribleness and the other way around". | Ms Greville replied that "on one hand he could be supportive and I felt that, on the other hand, he would be undermining, he would pepper the niceness with the horribleness and the other way around". |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |