The Bargain Hunt auctioneer’s trial was told WhatsApp messages provide a ‘clear window’ into his relationship with his wife, Rebecca Hanson.

WhatsApp messages sent by Derby's celebrity auctioneer Charles Hanson to his wife amount to a “set of confessions” to the charges against him, the prosecutor at his trial has claimed. In his closing speech to jurors at Derby Crown Court,

Sasha Wass KC claimed Rebecca Hanson had been vindictive towards the Bargain Hunt auctioneer and ‘had an agenda’ after launching divorce proceedings.

TV auctioneer Charles Hanson has claimed he was “almost a slave” to his wife, who left him “a beaten and broken man” by controlling him and making him subservient to her.

Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson denies domestic violence charges and instead claims he was “almost a slave” to his wife.