Prosecutors allege husband and strangers regularly drugged and raped wife

The short version

• A jury was told that the husband and a group of strangers regularly drugged and raped his unconscious wife.[BBC News]
• The husband and four other men have pleaded guilty to a series of offences, including 62 by the husband.[BBC News]
• Prosecutors say the husband shared online videos and images of the abuse since 2004, and detectives reportedly found over a million files on his phone.[BBC News]
• The investigation began in October 2025 after undercover journalists infiltrated a Telegram channel; the trial of nine defendants who deny all charges is ongoing.[BBC News]

Key facts

• A jury was told that the wife had been regularly drugged and raped by her husband and a group of strangers.[BBC News]
• The husband and four other men have pleaded guilty to a series of offences, while nine other defendants deny all charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.[BBC News]
• The husband has pleaded guilty to 62 offences, including rape, administering a substance with intent, sharing intimate images and assault by penetration.[BBC News]
• Prosecutor Louise Oakley KC said the husband had shared videos and images of himself abusing his unconscious wife online since 2004.[BBC News]
• Detectives reportedly found more than a million photographs and videos cataloguing the abuse on the husband's Samsung Galaxy phone.[BBC News]
• The investigation began in October 2025 after undercover journalists infiltrated a Telegram channel.[BBC News]

Sources

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