UK Man Admits 60 Counts of Drugging and Raping Wife
Prosecutors say he drugged and repeatedly raped his wife at home, with 21 rape counts among 60 admitted offences.
- On Monday, a British man pleaded guilty to 60 charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, including rape, for drugging and sexually assaulting his wife at their home over more than 20 years.
- Prosecutors stated the man repeatedly drugged his wife, leaving her unconscious, before sexually assaulting her, including 21 counts of rape and 15 counts of assault by penetration.
- The husband, in his 60s, became emotional during proceedings at the court, repeating guilty to dozens of charges while his wife watched from the public gallery supported by family.
- A dozen other men, aged 28 to 74, face separate charges for sexually abusing the same victim from 2018 until 2025, though all 12 defendants have denied the allegations.
- Their trial is expected to take several months at the same court. Reporting by Reuters notes the husband cannot be named to protect his wife's legal right to lifelong anonymity.
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A man accused of drugging and raping his unconscious wife for twenty years has admitted up to sixty crimes against sexual freedom this week in a Manchester court. Neither his identity nor that of his wife has been made public, with the aim of protecting the privacy of the alleged victim, whose anonymity is legally protected. Present in the courtroom and tucked in by his family, he was able to hear his partner plead guilty to all these atrocities.
Twelve people denied having committed sexual crimes against the same woman.The case is part of an extensive investigation by the National Crime Agency into networks of sexual assaults facilitated by drug use and coordinated over the Internet.
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A man has been charged with subjecting his wife to a series of atrocities over more than two decades. 13 other men have been charged in the case
A terrible case of rape shakes the UK and has been compared to Gisèle Pelicot's rugged story: A 60-year-old man drugged his wife for 20 years to be abused by other men. The events occurred between November 12, 2004 and October 25, 2004 ... Continue reading "Drug his wife for 20 years to be raped by others: Case shakes the UK and recalls Pelicot"
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