Jay Blades pleads not guilty to coercive behaviour charge

The Repair Shop presenter, Jay Blades, has pleaded not guilty to engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour towards his wife.

He was charged last month by police, with the charges relating to his wife Lisa Zbozen between January 1 2023 and September 12 this year.

Ms Zbozen announced that the pair's relationship was over in an Instagram post in May, after being married since November 2022.

The furniture restorer was made an MBE for services to craft in 2022.

Blades also presented the BBC's Money For Nothing until 2020, appeared on Celebrity Masterchef and Celebrity Bake Off as well as Comic Relief and delved into the history of the West Midlands and the East End for two Channel 5 documentaries.

He's been bailed and a trial has been provisionally set for the 6th May 2025 at Worcester Crown Court.

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