British man admits drugging and raping wife over more than two decades
He admitted drugging and raping his wife over 20 years, bringing the total charges to 60, prosecutors said.
- 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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UK man admits to drugging, raping wife for two decades
A British man on Monday admitted repeatedly drugging and raping his wife at their home over more than two decades, shortly before his trial was about to begin. The man – from northern England who is in his 60s but cannot be named as it would identify his wife who is entitled to lifelong anonymity – pleaded guilty at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to 45 charges, having previously admitted 15 offences. The man has now admitted charges incl…
Horror in England, at trial also about ten other men accused of having participated in the violence. It is a case that recalls that of the French Gisèle Pelicot
Over a period of more than two decades, a man in England is said to have stunned his wife and sexually abused him. He is not the only defendant.
The case, which reminds us of Dominique Pelicot in France, still involves 12 other men accused of sexually abusing the victim while she was unconscious.
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