Ryan Giggs breaks down in tears as he relives ‘worst experience of his life’ after sleepless night in police cell
RYAN Giggs broke down in tears 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.
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.
The trial continues.