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      Sir Alex Ferguson says Ryan Giggs ‘was the best example at Man Utd’ as he gives evidence in ‘headbutt’ trial

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      SIR Alex Ferguson hailed Ryan Giggs as the “best example at Manchester United” as he took the stand to defend the former footballer this afternoon.Red Devils legend Fergie, who has known Giggs since his early teens, said the player is a “quiet boy” with a “fantastic temperament”.
      Man Utd legend Sir Alex Ferguson took the stand to defend Ryan Giggs todayCredit: PP.
      Giggs is accused of headbutting his girlfriend as their relationship broke downCredit: Reuters
      The footballer is accused of headbutting his ex girlfriend Kate Greville as they broke up, as well as controlling her during their tumultuous relationship.
      Sir Alex said today that Giggs entered the first team at the age of just 17 – and began attracting attention after the media “started comparing him with George Best”.
      “We did have to protect him,” he said.
      “When I lost my temper about a performance, I would use Ryan as an example.
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      “He would get the sharp end of my tongue.
      “I knew he could take it.”
      He said Giggs has a “fantastic temperament”.
      “He was without doubt the best example I had at any club. Everyone looked at Ryan as the number one,” Sir Alex added.
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      Sir Alex, 80, said he first got to know Giggs when the player was just 13.
      “We tried hard to convince him to come to Manchester United,” he said.
      “Ryan was a quiet boy. He sat there and listened to what we were saying.”
      Karen Baird, the chairman of Salford City football club, then told the court she thought of Giggs as being “very much a gentleman”.
      “I’ve never even seen him raise his voice,” she said.
      Asked how he reacted at social events after a drink, she replied: “In the last Christmas party before lockdown, he was dancing on a chair with Gary Neville.”
      ‘DANCING ON A CHAIR’
      Neville and Giggs are among the co-owners of Salford City.
      Meanwhile, Rhodri Burgess, CEO of Footprint Sports, said Giggs didn’t lose his temper when told by chief exec Ed Woodward he “wasn’t experienced enough” to become United’s manager.
      Mr Burgess, Giggs’ former agent, said: “Ed Woodward told him he might not have enough experience to became Manchester United manager, a job he wanted at the time, but he remained calm.
      “He reacted calmly and courteously despite being actively criticised regarding his professional experience.”
      He said Giggs had been “highly disappointed with the way he was spoken to” but had not reacted poorly.
      ‘GENTLEMAN’
      The witnesses appeared at court today after more poems between Giggs and Ms Greville were revealed.
      One ode saw Giggs use the letters of his then-girlfriend’s surname to list her attributes.
      He wrote “gorgeous” next to the letter G, “radiant” next to the R, “extraordinary” alongside the E and “vivacious” beside the V.
      Both Ls were followed with “legs”.
      Yesterday, the court also heard an explicit poem Giggs had written, in which he told Ms Greville he was “as hard as a totem pole”.
      She returned the favour, writing in her own poem: “Everyday you do me proud, because you’re well endowed.”
      He would get the sharp end of my tongue. I knew he could take it… he has a fantastic temperamentSir Alex Ferguson
      Jurors sitting at Manchester Crown Court also spent an hour and a half hearing of other messages between the couple this morning.
      Giggs referred to Ms Greville as “the jam in my doughnut”, “the salt in my tequila” and “the truffle in my pasta”.
      But the relationship, which began when both were married to other people, soured before finally ending in November last year.
      On one occasion, Ms Greville said she was left feeling like a “w***e” when Giggs left her at a restaurant table to arrange medical care for his injured daughter.
      And on November 1, she alleges she was assaulted at her multimillion-pound mansion as she and her sister packed her bags after she discovered Giggs was sleeping with 12 women.
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      The former Wales manager, 48, is on trial accused of assaulting Ms Greville, 38, as well as controlling and coercive behaviour towards her over a three-year period.
      He denies all charges and the trial continues.
      Messages and explicit poems between Kate Greville and Giggs were shared todayCredit: Tim Stewart
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      Ryan Giggs accused of sleeping with mystery cricketer’s wife and plotting threesomes behind her back by ex Kate Greville

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      RYAN Giggs is accused of cheating on his ex-girlfriend with a mystery cricketer’s wife.The former footballer also plotted threesomes with another woman and had “full on relationships” with others, his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville has claimed.
      Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs arrives at Manchester Crown CourtCredit: PA
      The former footballer’s ex-girlfriend Kate GrevilleCredit: Tim Stewart
      Giggs is on trial accused of assaulting his former partner, as well as three years of controlling and coercive behaviour towards her.
      The 48-year-old, who has admitted to being a “love cheat” and being unfaithful to every woman he has been with, denies all charges.
      Manchester Crown Court previously heard Kate accuse Giggs of cheating on her with 12 women during their relationship – while promising he wanted to start a family with her.
      And today jurors were told Kate wrote the former ex-Wales manager a letter titled “The Final Goodbye” when she planned to break things off, which included details of several of the alleged affairs.
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      She began the note: “I know pretty much everything you have been doing with other women behind my back since the day I met you.
      “My gut has always told me you couldn’t be trusted, that you’re a compulsive liar and a serial cheat.
      “I always knew deep down but didn’t believe it, I wanted to believe things you told me and I really loved you.
      “[But] you say the same things to me as to multiple women. I am not special.”
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      She went on to accuse ex-Manchester United star Giggs of sleeping with a woman named Steph, married to a cricketer.
      “I knew all about her,” Kate wrote. “She’s married, but you knew that.
      “You were having sex on tour with her in Washington.”
      Kate also mentioned another woman named Helen whom he was “in a full on, proper relationship with” while he was sleeping with her.
      She then pointed to Zara, whom he was allegedly with for a year before that, as well as Natalie, Susie and Kelly.
      And Kate accused the former player of sending messages about sex and threesomes to a woman named Charlotte from Hotel Football.
      Finally, she said: “Let’s not forget about [redacted] who gives me a smug smile every time I see her and now I know why, you were shagging her for ages.”
      ‘FLIRT BY NATURE’
      Previously, moments after he began giving evidence, Chris Daw QC, defending, asked Giggs: “You’re known in news articles as a love cheat. Is that reputation justified?”
      The ex-player – who confirmed he’s a “flirt by nature” – replied: “Yes.”
      The barrister said: “In the course of your relationship with women, have you managed to be faithful to any of them?”
      The footballer said: “No.”
      He was then asked if he’d ever “lied” to his ex wife Stacey Giggs and other partners, and replied: “I have, yes… many times.”
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      The sportsman admitted even marriage wouldn’t stop him after he was asked: “If you’re attracted to a women regardless of your marital status, are you able to resist?”
      The trial continues.
      Giggs has admitted he has never been faithful in a relationshipCredit: BackGrid More

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      Ryan Giggs sent ex-girlfriend Kate Greville a cringe-worthy poem about her name – and admitted he was a ‘pest’ to her

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      RYAN Giggs sent his ex-girlfriend a cringe-worthy poem praising her legs and vivaciousness, a court heard today.The former Manchester United footballer spelled out Kate Greville’s name with corresponding adjectives in a gushing New Year’s Eve message in 2017.
      Ryan Giggs walking into Manchester Crown Court this morningCredit: Reuters
      The former footballer’s ex-girlfriend Kate GrevilleCredit: Tim Stewart

      It referenced the letter G was for “gorgeous”, R was for “radiant”, E was for “extraordinary” and V was for “vivacious”.
      “Idolised” followed for I, before a double “legs” for L and E meant she was “everything I’ve ever wanted”.
      The former Wales manager, 48, is on trial accused of assaulting Kate, 38, as well as controlling and coercive behaviour towards her over a three-year period.
      He denies all charges.
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      Manchester Crown Court heard an hour and a half of other messages between the couple, which included one in which Giggs referred to his former partner as “the jam in my doughnut”.
      He also told Kate she was “the salt in my tequila” and “the truffle in my pasta”.
      It follows a string of flirty exchanges read out to the jury yesterday, including an X-rated poem Giggs sent Kate saying she makes him “as hard as a totem pole”.
      It also included lines that he was “infatuated” with his “sunshine” and “one and only”.
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      Kate later sent the former football star a poem, which included the line “everyday you do me proud, because you’re well endowed”.
      This then prompted Giggs to pen a raunchy response, which said “you make me feel funny down there…when you look up and stare”.
      The court this morning heard that in February 2020, Giggs messaged Kate saying: “Waking up to no message. Is everything okay, Kate? I’m worried.”
      He then messaged Katie Harvey, who his then-partner was with, and was told Kate had broken her phone.
      He thanked Ms Harvey for being “kind” to him, and then admitted: “I know I can be a pest.”
      She replied: “You are, but you love her.” 
      ‘I KNOW I CAN BE A PEST’
      Jurors were also told how Giggs left Kate feeling like a w***e when he abandoned her at dinner.
      She said the sportsman was “beyond cruel” for leaving her at the table of a restaurant while he arranged medical care for his injured daughter.
      In messages between the couple after an argument at LPM in London, read out in court, Kate blasts Giggs’ behaviour as “incredibly hurtful”.
      She described it as “upsetting” to be left alone in the venue, adding that it made her feel like a “w***e”.
      Kate said: “You asked me outright if I was ruining your LPM experience. I said ‘yes, a little’,” before adding she understood Giggs’ daughter was the “priority”.
      “That was me being 100 per cent honest,” she added. 
      “I felt so apart from your real life. You just sat on your phone and I felt like you didn’t care how I felt.”
      Giggs replied: “You can twist it all you like. I went outside to call the club doctor, that was it.”
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      The following day, the former Wales manager apologised to Kate, admitting: “I always let people down.”
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      ‘Infatuated’ Ryan Giggs sent X-rated poem to girlfriend Kate Greville after calling her ‘my sunshine’ in flirty texts

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      RYAN Giggs sent his former girlfriend Kate Greville an X-rated poem saying she makes him “hard as a totem pole” after a string of flirty messages, a court heard. The former Manchester United player is on trial accused of assaulting his ex, as well as controlling and coercive behaviour towards her.
      Ryan Giggs is accused of assaulting his exCredit: Splash
      The court heard how he sent an X-rated poem to ex Kate GrevilleCredit: pixel8000

      Manchester Crown Court heard how Giggs, 48, sent Ms Greville a number of messages, saying he was “infatuated” as he described her as “my sunshine” and “my one and only”.
      She later sent the former football star a poem, which included the line “everyday you do me proud, because you’re well endowed”.
      The court heard how this then prompted Giggs to pen an X-rated poem in response, which included the line “you make me feel funny down there…when you look up and stare”.
      Giggs – who denies all charges he faces – also wrote about “those pictures you sent so I can keep tabs on you” in the piece, jurors were told.
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      It comes after the court heard how Giggs used his teenage daughter as leverage to try to stop his ex-girlfriend’s sister dialling 999 during a drunken row.
      Giggs is accused of headbutting then-partner Ms Greville before threatening to do the same to her younger sibling Emma at his home in Greater Manchester.
      As Giggs returned to the witness box for a second day of cross-examination, Manchester Crown Court was told Emma called police after the argument on November 1, 2020, turned violent.
      Giggs allegedly placed his hands on Ms Greville’s shoulders and headbutted her in the lip “with lots of force” before yelling at Emma: “I’ll headbutt you next.”
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      Prosecutor Peter Wright QC told jurors he had tried to use “emotional blackmail” to stop Emma going into detail to the cops, which he denied.
      Ms Greville can be heard saying to her then-boyfriend in the background of the call: “I don’t care if your daughter is 17, I don’t care about your daughter.”
      Mr Wright asked Giggs, 48, whether he was “seeking to dissuade” Emma from reporting the incident further, to which he replied: “Yes.”
      Mr Wright added: “And you were seeking to use your daughter as the lever, weren’t you?”
      The ex-Wales manager responded: “Yes.”
      Giggs was arrested on suspicion of assaulting Ms Greville, 38, following the incident at his home in Worsley, but today he denied the attack after “completely losing his self-control”.
      Mr Wright quizzed him about the prepared statement he gave to police the day after the incident, in which he said a “scuffle” broke out over Ms Greville’s phone, and that his head clashed with hers accidentally.
      Mr Wright said: “The reality is you headbutted her, didn’t you?”, to which Giggs replied: “No.”
      The prosecutor then said: “Because in this dispute with her, you had, by that stage, completely lost your self control.”
      The former footballer repeated: “No.”
      He also denied threatening to headbutt Ms Greville’s youngster sister Emma in a drunken rage.
      Giggs told the court he “didn’t know” why he had put in his police statement: “On both occasions I was attacked.”
      And he agreed with Mr Wright that it was “an important assertion to be making”.
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      Giggs also denied intending to harm Ms Greville “emotionally or physically”, insisting that was “the last thing I would ever want to do”.
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      Ryan Giggs ‘used his teenage daughter as a lever’ in bid to stop his girlfriend’s sister ringing 999 after ‘headbutt’

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      RYAN Giggs used his teenage daughter as leverage to try to stop his ex-girlfriend’s sister dialling 999 during a drunken row, a court heard today. The former Manchester United footballer is accused of headbutting then-partner Kate Greville then threatening to do the same to her younger sibling Emma at his home in Greater Manchester.
      Ryan Giggs fist bumps a fan as he walks into Manchester Crown CourtCredit: PP.
      Giggs’ ex-girlfriend Kate Greville has accused him of coercive and controlling behaviour and ABHCredit: Tim Stewart
      As Giggs returned to the witness box for a second day of cross-examination, Manchester Crown Court was told Emma called police after the argument on November 1, 2020, turned violent.
      Giggs allegedly placed his hands on Kate’s shoulders and headbutted her in the lip “with lots of force” before yelling at Emma: “I’ll headbutt you next.”
      Prosecutor Peter Wright QC told jurors he had tried to use “emotional blackmail” to stop Emma going into detail to the cops, which he denied.
      Kate can be heard saying to her then-boyfriend in the background of the call: “I don’t care if your daughter is 17, I don’t care about your daughter.”
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      Mr Wright asked Giggs, 48, whether he was “seeking to dissuade” Emma from reporting the incident further, to which he replied: “Yes.”
      Mr Wright added: “And you were seeking to use your daughter as the lever, weren’t you?”
      The ex-Wales manager responded: “Yes.”
      Giggs was arrested on suspicion of assaulting Kate, 38, following the incident at his home in Worsley, but today he denied the attack after “completely losing his self-control”.
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      Mr Wright quizzed him about the prepared statement he gave to police the day after the incident, in which he said a “scuffle” broke out over Kate’s phone, and that his head clashed with hers accidentally.
      Mr Wright said: “The reality is you headbutted her, didn’t you?”, to which Giggs replied: “No.”
      The prosecutor then said: “Because in this dispute with her, you had, by that stage, completely lost your self control.”
      The former footballer repeated: “No.”
      He also denied threatening to headbutt Kate’s youngster sister Emma in a drunken rage.
      Giggs told the court he “didn’t know” why he had put in his police statement: “On both occasions I was attacked.”
      And he agreed with Mr Wright that it was “an important assertion to be making”.
      Giggs also denied intending to harm Kate “emotionally or physically”, insisting that was “the last thing I would ever want to do”.
      ‘I’LL STALK YOU LIKE MAD’
      The court yesterday heard how Giggs told Kate “I’ll stalk you like mad – I’m good at that” before turning up at her home after they split up.
      In a series of emails, the ex-Wales boss allegedly threatened to go to her property while warning: “I will get in.”
      He admitted “showing up unannounced to Kate’s home, workplace and gym”, but denied seeking to control her during their relationship.
      Jurors were also told how Giggs is unable to resist an attractive woman, admitting he lied to former wife Stacey and other girlfriends “many times”.
      Moments after he began giving evidence, Chris Daw QC, defending, asked: “You’re known in news articles as a love cheat. Is that reputation justified?”
      Giggs – who confirmed he’s a “flirt by nature” – replied: “Yes.”
      The barrister said: “In the course of your relationship with women, have you managed to be faithful to any of them?”
      The footballer said: “No.”
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      Giggs denies using controlling and coercive behaviour against Kate between August 2017 and November 2020, causing actual bodily harm, and the common assault of her sister Emma, 26.
      The trial continues.
      Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs arriving at court todayCredit: PA
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      Benjamin Mendy ‘used fingerprint touchscreen lock to rape victim in room and bragged ‘I’ve slept with 10,000 women”‘

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      BENJAMIN Mendy boasted “I have had sex with 10,000 women” shortly after raping a 20-year-old, a court heard.The Manchester City left-back, 28, allegedly locked a girl in his bedroom with a “fingerprint touchscreen” – shortly before he “pushed her on the bed and raped her”.
      Benjamin Mendy arrived at Chester Crown Court todayCredit: PA
      Louis Saha Matturie, 40, is accused of eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assaultCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
      The footballer allegedly told the woman “the door is locked anyway” when she begged to leave his bedroom.
      The £52million defender is accused of 10 offences against seven women as young as 17 between October 2018 and August last year.
      He denies eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape.
      Mendy’s co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, is accused of eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault relating to eight women, which he also denies.
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      At the fourth day of his trial today, the jury was played a pre-recorded police interview with Woman Two – the footballer’s second alleged victim.
      Woman Two has accused Mendy of three counts of rape against her in October 2020.
      The alleged victim – who cannot be named for legal reasons – met Mendy and others at a bar before heading to a party in his Cheshire mansion.
      Once there, she claims Mendy took her phone and began “going through her pictures” – before taking the device upstairs to his bedroom.
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      He used a “touchscreen fingerprint” to open the door, she claims, which was closed behind them.
      The woman said she told Mendy: “I want my phone, I don’t want to have sex with you. I just want to go.”
      When she asked to leave again, Mendy allegedly replied: “I promise you, I just want to look at you. You can’t get out anyway.”
      The woman told cops she removed her clothes because she felt it was the “lesser of two evils”.
      The woman said: “I thought just get undressed and then at least you don’t have to do anything with him.”
      She says he then pushed her on the bed and began “thrusting against her” and “pulling her bum towards him”.
      After the woman said she “needs to go”, Mendy allegedly raped her.
      The jury heard she was raped three times by Mendy in the next 20 minutes or so, as she told him: “I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to have sex with you. I need to go.”
      She told the court: “My body was so tense. It was just this pain.”
      When the woman – who said she was left bleeding after the assault – refused to carry out a sex act on Mendy, he said she was “too shy”, the court heard.
      She claims she then told him: “I’m not shy, I just don’t want to have sex with you.”
      Mendy allegedly replied: “It’s fine, I’ve had sex with 10,000 women.”
      He added “don’t tell anyone and you can come over here every night”, like it was a “privilege” to have sex with him, she said.
      In the police interview, Woman Two told cops: “What makes me upset is how many times I said no.
      “I didn’t just say no. I said: ‘I don’t want to have sex with you’.
      “I was very clear and that was not listened to. I’ve never experienced anything like that before.
      “It could not have been misinterpreted in any way.”
      Yesterday, Mendy was accused of “exposing his penis” to his first alleged victim – Woman One – while she showered.
      The court heard how Mendy told Woman One “I’m going to kidnap you” on a night out.
      Mendy first met Woman One along with her friend in Barcelona in 2017.
      Woman One travelled to the UK the following year to see her friend and Mendy. The group went on a night out to two clubs.
      At one of the clubs, Mendy allegedly told Woman One: “When he is not looking, I’m going to kidnap you.”
      The following morning, the woman took a shower at Mendy’s house.
      While she was showering, Mendy entered the room and “held himself in his private area”, the woman said.
      She tried to grab her underwear but Mendy kept “obstructing her”, the court heard.
      What makes me upset is how many times I said no. I didn’t just say no. I said: ‘I don’t want to have sex with you’.Woman Two
      Woman One told cops: “He kept forcing himself to see me and take off my towel.
      “I kept pushing him away to the point where he kept grabbing me back.”
      She claims Mendy then sat on the bed and “put her on top of him” – before “holding her down” as she tried to push him away.
      Woman One added: “I was clinging on to my towel so it would not come undone.”
      The woman claims Mendy removed his boxers and moved his penis near to her.
      She told cops: “He was saying things like ‘are you scared? You don’t have to be scared’.
      “I kept thinking where are his friends? Why is no one here? Shall I scream? There’s no point.
      “He’s in his own territory, what am I going to do?”
      On Monday, the jury were told harrowing details of the alleged rapes – including the day Mendy allegedly attacked THREE women.
      On July 23 and into July 24, there was a pool party, a trip to a nightclub and a post-club party back at Mendy’s “isolated” mansion.
      During this time, Mendy allegedly raped three women – one aged 22 and two aged 19.
      One of the 19-year-olds was also allegedly raped by Saha Matturie.
      The mansion was allegedly “part and parcel” of how Mendy and Saha Matturie were able to abuse their alleged victim.
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      Timothy Cray QC said there were five dates – between October 2018 and August 2021 – when nine young women arrived at Mendy’s address.
      Afterwards, they all made complaints of rape and, or sexual assault against Mendy and Saha Matturie.
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      Ryan Giggs ‘called “team meeting” with ex and his family over how to load dishwasher after being infuriated by spoons’

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      RYAN Giggs called a “team meeting” with his ex and family over how to load a dishwasher after getting “wound up” by how spoons were placed, a court has heard.The former football player’s ex Kate Greville claimed that lockdown was a period of “living hell” after moving in with Giggs when the pandemic was announced in March 2020.
      Giggs is accused of assaulting his former partnerCredit: Splash
      Kate Greville claims lockdown was a period of ‘living hell’Credit: pixel8000
      Ms Greville, a PR executive, said during her evidence that there were arguments including one involving how to load the dishwasher.
      She alleged ex-Manchester United player Giggs – who is on is on trial accused of assaulting his former partner, as well as controlling and coercive behaviour towards her, would make “me feel like I was stupid”.
      Ms Greville told Manchester Crown Court: “I had to do it exactly the way he wanted to do it. That’s just one example of many.”
      On Wednesday, Giggs said lockdown was “a really happy time from my perspective”, adding that he and Ms Greville would “bicker” but had “no big arguments”.
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      He said that during the lockdown his daughter and her boyfriend were at the house in Worsley, Greater Manchester, most of the time, with his son also staying regularly.
      Asked by his barrister Chris Daw QC whether he was “particularly keen on dishwasher loading technique”, Giggs said the dishwasher was often on three or four times a day due to the number of people staying in the house.
      He said: “I would be opening the dishwasher and the tablespoons would be the wrong way round.
      “It would wind me up because I would have to do it again, so I called a team meeting and just said, ‘Everyone, can you please put the tablespoons the right way round’.
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      “It wasn’t a big argument, it was just how I explained it.”
      It comes after Giggs broke down in tears today as he told a court that spending the night in a cell was “the worst experience of my life”.
      He said he was taken to Pendleton police station in Salford after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting his ex-partner on November 1, 2020.
      Asked by Chris Daw QC, defending, how he engaged with cops when they arrived at his home Giggs said: “Just answered their questions.”
      On his emotional state at the time, he said: “I was scared. I’d never been in that position before, so scared.”
      Giggs confirmed he was arrested, taken to the police station and spent the night in a cell.
      He then started crying as he said it was the “worst experience of my life”.
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      The former Wales manager, 48, denies using controlling and coercive behaviour against Ms Greville, 38, between August 2017 and November 2020, assaulting her, causing actual bodily harm, and the common assault of her younger sister Emma Greville, 26.
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      Ryan Giggs breaks down in tears as he relives ‘worst experience of his life’ after sleepless night in police cell

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      RYAN Giggs broke down in tears today as he told a court that spending the night in a cell was “the worst experience of my life”.The former Manchester United footballer said he was taken to Pendleton police station in Salford after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting his ex-partner on November 1, 2020.
      A court artist sketch of Ryan Giggs being questioned in courtCredit: PA
      The former footballer arriving at Manchester Crown CourtCredit: EPA
      The ex-Wales boss’ former girlfriend Kate GrevilleCredit: Tim Stewart
      Asked by Chris Daw QC, defending, how he engaged with cops when they arrived at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, Giggs said: “Just answered their questions.”
      On his emotional state at the time, he said: “I was scared. I’d never been in that position before, so scared.”
      Giggs confirmed he was arrested, taken to the police station and spent the night in a cell.
      He then started crying as he said it was the “worst experience of my life”.
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      Giggs told Manchester Crown Court he got “hardly any” sleep that night and spoke to a solicitor for the first time the next day.
      On the night in question, Giggs is alleged to have headbutted his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville in a row over infidelity.
      Giggs, who yesterday confessed to being a “love cheat” who has never stayed faithful to a woman, told the court it started at the Stock Exchange Hotel after Kate said a man had asked her out the previous week.
      He said: “I just said: ‘Oh, what did you say?’ and Kate replied: ‘I just said haven’t you got a girlfriend?’
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      “I said: ‘That’s a strange thing to say, why didn’t you just say you had a boyfriend?'”
      Giggs said the argument escalated and he left the table and went to his hotel room, shortly followed by Kate.
      He told jurors: “Kate confronted me, shoved her phone in my face and says ‘Who’s this?’ She had an email with a girl’s name at the top.”
      Giggs said the email was from 2014 and it was a woman he used to work with.
      The court last week heard that Kate screamed “get him off me” before he headbutted her in a drunken rage.
      Giggs then allegedly threatened to do the same to her sister Emma, yelling: “I’ll headbutt you next.”
      Emma told jurors: “[He was] extremely angry. I felt fear as he had just headbutted Kate so why wouldn’t he do the same to me?”
      The former Manchester United footballer is accused of ABH against his former partner, as well as subjecting her to three years of “controlling and coercive behaviour”.
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      He is also facing an assault by beating charge against 26-year-old Emma.
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