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Duke faces more allegations relating to estranged wife
The 12th Duke faces three strangulation charges and two controlling behaviour counts spanning nearly nine years, with a trial set for January 2028, court documents show.
- On February 5, the 12th Duke of Marlborough appeared at Oxford Crown Court charged with three counts of intentional strangulation and two counts of coercive behaviour.
- The indictment says the alleged conduct spans December 29 2015 to September 8 2024, with Spencer-Churchill entering not guilty pleas at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court last month.
- Among the alleged incidents were the court hearing that on April 23, 2023, Ms Marlborough ran into a laundry room before the defendant is alleged to have grabbed her, hit her with a closed fist, and strangled her, and the final allegation that on January 29, 2024, the duke pushed Ms Marlborough on the bed after putting his hands tightly around her neck.
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Winston Churchill's great nephew appears in court on new charges over treatment of wife
The Duke of Marlborough has been accused of controlling or coercive behaviour towards his wife of over nine years.Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 70, did not enter pleas when he appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday.The 70-year-old, who is a relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, also faces three charges of strangulation.During a hearing last month, he indicated not guilty pleas to the three charges of strangulatio…
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