Charles James Spencer-Churchill is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court on Thursday after being charged with three counts of intentional strangulation linked to alleged incidents between November 2022 and May last year in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.Spencer-Churchill, 70, was arrested on May 13 last year and the non-fatal attacks were charged under his former name, Jamie Blandford; the victim’s name has not been released and no motive has been disclosed.He lives at
Blenheim Palace, a
UNESCO World Heritage site run by
independent trustees, which has drawn public attention in recent years including hosting
Donald Trump in 2018 and a 2019 theft of an 18-carat gold toilet.