Southsea grandma found not guilty of coercive control over seven year spell
A Southsea grandma who denied claims of coercive control over a period of seven years has been found not guilty.
Sally White, 71, of Lidiard Gardens, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court for trial after being charged with coercive control against her granddaughter in the city from December 2015 through to November 2022.
The court charge stated grandmother White was “continuously engaged in behaviour which was controlling or coercive, namely financially” towards the complainant.
The charge added: “(The) behaviour (had) a serious effect on her and you knew or ought to have known that the behaviour would have a serious effect on her.”
White, who previously denied the offence, was found not guilty after a trial.