A MAN has been sent to the crown court on charges including coercively controlling a woman and intentional strangulation. Corby Blandford appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Friday, August 30. The 21-year-old, of Cresswell Road, Newbury, faces five charges, all relating to the same alleged victim in Newbury. Specifically, he is charged with committing assault causing actual bodily harm between September 1 and September 30 last year. Next, Mr Blandford is accused of coercive control using by using intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, jealousy and by tracking her movements…
