The court was told that in early 2023, Mrs Hanson "reached the stage where she felt she had to leave" and in June 2023, Hanson messaged his wife: "You know I would never hurt you.
The jury at Derby Crown Court was told Hanson began using "sufficient force" against his wife Rebecca Hanson to leave visible marks on some occasions in 2012, about two years after they married.
Opening the prosecution case, Stephen Kemp said that during the first incident, Hanson had "put his arm around her [Mrs Hanson's] neck and then put her into a headlock" during an argument after she threw an empty box on the floor.
Bargain Hunt expert put wife in headlock and assaulted her over 10-year period, court hears Antiques expert Charles Hanson, known for TV shows including Flog It!
There was no need for that, and certainly not by means of a headlock... it was the first of many occasions when Mr Hanson would grab hold of his wife, we say, in anger.".
