Pressed as to whether he was a man who liked to get his own way, Hanson told Mr Kemp he liked to get his own way when it came to building a business but would “always allow my wife to do what she wanted”.
The 46-year-old Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip star told Derby Crown Court his wife Rebecca Hanson was allowed “to do what she wanted” but would not let him watch TV in bed, and falsely accused him of having athlete’s foot.
Telling the court that his wife had claimed the way he was talking or having his legs crossed amounted to abuse, Hanson said: “I would say, love what are you talking about?
Questioned as to why he sent messages to his wife, including one conceding he had a bad temper, Hanson claimed he had “literally tapped every word she wanted to hear” about “lost temper, anger management and ‘completely my fault'”.
TV auctioneer Charles Hanson has claimed he was “almost a slave” to his wife, who left him “a beaten and broken man” by controlling him and making him subservient to her.
