Senior paramedic among 13 charged with husband accused of raping drugged wife
The husband has admitted some sexual offences, while 12 co-defendants deny charges in a case set for a 12-week trial.
- Reporting restrictions were lifted on Friday, allowing 13 men accused of sexual offenses to be named for the first time in connection with a husband who allegedly drugged and raped his wife over a 20-year period.
- The man, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, faces 48 counts including 16 counts of rape; he allegedly drugged and raped his wife between 2004 and 2025, though he denies many of the charges.
- At a hearing earlier this week, the man pleaded guilty to 15 of the 48 charges. Keith Fotheringham, 59, from Dundee, Scotland, has admitted all charges he faces.
- Defendants are set to stand trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court; a further preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 24, one week before the 12-week trial begins.
- The case involves defendants from Manchester and Scotland, with the law granting the alleged victim lifelong anonymity as the legal process proceeds toward trial.
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