British police have been authorised to charge former Manchester United soccer star Ryan Giggs, who is also the current manager of the Wales national soccer team, with charges of assault against two women, prosecutors said in a statement on Friday. Giggs faces charges of engaging in behaviour which was controlling or coercive and of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against one woman, as well as another charge of assault by beating relating to a second woman. Last November, Giggs missed a number of international fixtures after allegations of assault. Giggs is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on April 28, the Crown Prosecution Service said in its statement. "The CPS made the decision to charge Mr Giggs after reviewing a file of evidence from Greater Manchester Police," the statement said.

Source: The Star April 23, 2021 15:22 UTC