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Disabled former motorcycle daredevil Eddie Kidd’s wife was yesterday accused of beating him.

Samantha Kidd, 44, faces six charges of assault against the partially-paralysed stunt hero.

She had been a full-time carer for Eddie, 53, who was also left with serious brain injuries when a stunt went wrong in 1996.

But the former dancer had moved out of the marital home in Seaford, East Sussex, and was arrested shortly after on December 11 following a report to police of domestic violence.

A police spokesman said yesterday: “We take all allegations of domestic abuse seriously and encourage people to have the confidence to report, whether by those who are being afflicted or others who have concerns.”

Mrs Kidd, who became Eddie’s third wife two years ago, has now been charged with offences of assault by beating allegedly committed between July and December.

She is due to appear before Brighton magistrates on January 9.

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Eddie first stunned spectators in 1979 when he jumped 80ft across a derelict railway bridge in Essex on a 400cc Yamaha.

He leapt over the Great Wall of China in 1993 and beat Robbie Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, to the stunt bike world title.

But he was seriously injured in a crash three years later.

He got out of his wheelchair to walk the London Marathon over two months for charity last year.

Dad of three Eddie, a stunt double for three James Bond stars, was awarded an OBE in June.