Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson charged with assault by beating and coercive behavior as he moves out of £1.5million family home
Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson has been charged with assault and coercive behavior following a police investigation into allegations of domestic abuse.
The 45-year-old auctioneer, who moved out of his £1.5million family home earlier this year, will appear in court next month charged with seven alleged offences, including assault.
Police said Hanson has now been charged with seven offences, including two of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and one of controlling and coercive behaviour.
There are also two cases of assault by beating, The sun reports.
In August, the BBC TV star left his family home, which he has shared with his wife Rebecca Ludlam and their two children since 2014, after police responded to a ‘domestic incident’ at the property in June.
Charles Hanson with his wife Rebecca Ludlam and one of their children at their family home in Derbyshire
Bargain Hunt auctioneer Charles Hanson has been charged following a police investigation into allegations of domestic abuse
The 45-year-old auctioneer, who moved out of his £1.5million family home earlier this year, will appear in court next month charged with seven alleged offences, including assault.
Police said Hanson has now been charged with seven offences, including two of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and one of controlling and coercive behaviour.
Hanson on a bargain hunt. The auctioneer, 45, moved from his £1.5 million family home earlier this year
Hanson, a regular on popular daytime shows Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip and Flog It!, had lived in the £1.5 million estate in the Derbyshire countryside.
But he is said to have left after local police were called to an unspecified incident at the six-bedroom stack.
A source said The sun: ‘It’s not the kind of place where you expect the police to come by… It’s a small village, so there are a few people talking. It’s all very shocking.’
In a brief statement, Derbyshire Police confirmed: ‘Police were called to reports of a domestic incident at an address in Quarndon on June 13.’
Hanson and Ludlam originally met through friends in 2008. They married two years later at a traditional service at All Saints Church in Mackworth, in front of 150 close friends and family members.
Guests included Bargain Hunt presenter Tim Wonnacott and experts Philip Serrell, David Barby, Jonathan Pratt and Kate Bliss.
Antiques and photographs of X-rays lay on tables at the reception.
Speaking in 2010, the auctioneer revealed that he was late for his very first date with Ludlam, a diagnostic radiographer, but was immediately swayed by her natural beauty.
He told the Derbyshire Telegraph: ‘She is a beautiful, blonde, elegant and sweet lady. I’m used to dealing with beautiful things, but Rebecca is the most beautiful treasure of them all and I am very lucky to have her as my wife.
Hanson pictured with his wife Rebecca at their home in Derbyshire
Hanson, a chartered surveyor, next appeared on Bargain Hunt in 2002
Hanson has lived in the £1.5million property in the Derbyshire countryside with wife Rebecca Ludlam and their two children since 2014
He set up an auction business in Derbyshire in 2005 and launched Hansons London in 2018
Earlier this year, Charles spoke about his rise and the mistakes he made during his career. “It was quite a big thing to start my own business,” he said
“We are very busy people, but we understand each other very well and I think we will be very happy together.”
They moved into their Derbyshire home nine years ago after buying it for a reported £920,000.
But a woman at the property has since told The Sun on Sunday: ‘I can’t comment. But what I can say is that he has moved. He’s gone.’
His career began at Christie’s in 1999 as an appraiser in the European Ceramics and Glass department.
Hanson, a chartered surveyor, next appeared on Bargain Hunt in 2002.
He set up an auction business in Derbyshire in 2005 and launched Hansons London in 2018.
Earlier this year, Charles spoke about his rise and the mistakes he made during his career. “It was quite a big thing to start my own business,” he said Daily Express.
“So when I was 27 years old, I wasn’t married, I didn’t have any dependents and you know, I made a few mistakes, but you learn and you build it up slowly.”
The auctioneer previously opened up about personal loss.
Before his daughter Matilda was born, he and Rebecca lost their newborn son Tommy in 2012.
He told Staffordshire Live at the time: ‘After losing Tommy, who was born sleeping in September 2012, we were overjoyed to have Matilda, who was born in 2014 and who has a calm and relaxed nature, just like my wife.’
Rebecca, a radiographer, added: ‘What happened was terrible and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for us.’
In the same year, Charles was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
Speak with The mirror At the time he said: ‘Being diagnosed with testicular cancer was a real shock. I’ve been fit and healthy for years, so you don’t think something like that is going to get to you. It’s been a busy summer with filming and auctions, but last August I was just getting out of the shower when I noticed something wasn’t right.’
MailOnline has contacted Derbyshire Police for further comment.