Man, 22, charged with violent and coercive control offence in Staffordshire
The man has been charged with a number of offences that allegedly took place in Newcastle-under-Lyme
A 22-year-old man has been charged with a series of violent and coercive control offences, including wounding and intentional strangulation in a Staffordshire town.
Ethan Beech, 22, of Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been charged with wounding / inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent, assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm, intentional strangulation, engaging in controlling / coercive behaviour, false imprisonment, threats to kill and criminal damage to property valued under £5,000.
The offences allegedly took place between September 2025 and November 2026 in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Beech appeared at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Friday (November 6).
He has been remanded into custody ahead of a hearing at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Monday, December 7.