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 pleads guilty to drugging, raping wife for 20 years, breaks down in court
A British man has pleaded guilty in Manchester to drugging and raping his wife over about 20 years. The case also involves multiple other accused men, while the woman became emotional in court as the pleas were entered.
UK Man Pleads Guilty to Drugging, Raping Wife for 20 Years, Sharing Her Intimate Photos Without Consent
A man in the United Kingdom has pleaded guilty to 60 offences against his wife, including rape, after admitting that he drugged and s*xually assaulted her without her knowledge over a period of more than two decades. The offences were allegedly committed between 2004 and 2025. UK Man Pleads Guilty to Drugging, Raping Wife for 20 Years, Sharing Her Intimate Photos Without Consent.
A man of about 60 years of age has found himself guilty of drug abuse, repeatedly abused his wife and having facilitated sexual violence against women by twelve other people aged 28 to 74.
For more than twenty years he would have drugged, raped and sexually abused his wife, even by sharing intimate images and videos of the woman without her consent.A man of about 60 years, resident in the Stockport area, Greater Manchester (Great Britain), admitted a total of 60 crimes in the ongoing trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. [...] L'articolo A case "Pelicot" in Great Britain, 60 years old British confesses to having drugged…
The Gisèle Pelicot case in France shocked the public at the time. He is not an isolated case. In the United Kingdom, a man in court now admits that he has massively abused his wife - for more than 20 years.
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