Ryan Giggs will not face retrial as domestic abuse case dropped

Ex-footballer denied coercive or controlling behaviour against his former partner and assaulting her sister

Ryan Giggs will not face a second trial on charges of domestic violence after prosecutors dropped the case.

The former Manchester United footballer, 49, had been due to go on trial on 31 July charged with coercive or controlling behaviour against his former partner and assaulting her sister. However, prosecutors told Manchester crown court on Tuesday that they would not be pursuing the case.