Published: 26 Jul 2008

SCREEN tough guy Sean Bean spent six hours in custody yesterday following his arrest on suspicion of domestic assault. 
The heart-throb actor was escorted to a police station after wife Georgina called cops during a row. 

She claimed the Lord of the Rings star, 49, grabbed and assaulted her in the bust-up at their �2million townhouse. 

The couple�s tempestuous relationship also saw them both bloodied and bruised after a boozy hotel fight two years ago. 

One source said of the latest episode: �There was a lot of shouting and hollering and Mrs Bean rang 999 and told the operator she was being attacked. 

�There were no punches or kicking and nothing really nasty. It was pushing and shoving, but she clearly felt threatened. 

�He was arrested and taken to the nearest custody suite at Holborn. He denied being a wife batterer and said it was a domestic row that got out of hand. 

Emotional 
�He was released on bail and Mrs Bean later called up to say she was no longer prepared to continue the case. 

�There was no other evidence to prove assault and there was no option but to drop it.� 

Sheffield-born Bean, a Bond villain in 1995 flick Goldeneye, was set free just after 6am. 

After actress Georgina, 29, dropped the assault claim, cops told him he was no longer required to report on bail next month � and that no further action was being taken. 

Bean is said to have been �tired and emotional� when the row with fourth wife Georgina erupted shortly before midnight on Thursday. 

Yesterday the couple put on a show of unity at their home in Belsize Park, North London. 

Georgina said: �Everything is OK. Sean and I are at home together enjoying the sunshine. He was arrested. Everything was blown out of proportion. 

�The police held him quite a while, but Sean is fine and I�m fine. There�s no problem between us.� 

Bean, on a break from filming Sharpe on location in India, said simply: �I�m fine.� 

He and Georgina wed in February � after postponing a January ceremony. Bean�s three daughters were bridesmaids. 

A police spokesman said: �Police were called to a residential address. A male was arrested. 

�He was subsequently informed no further action was being taken against him.�