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Woman ‘blindfolded, drugged and raped’ after husband advertised her online

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Society · England · 3 h ago
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Expert analysis showed his wife was exposed to sedative drugs over a significant period over various months in 2023 and 2024.
Independent sources: 6 · Daily Mail, The Independent UK, The Front Page
Prosecutor Sarah Jones KC said that Ms Young, 49, was 'shackled and blindfolded' as she was abused by men 'plucked from the internet' while her husband watched or filmed her ordeal. 'He sought strangers to come and sleep with his wife - any age, any race – but as close to Swindon as possible so that
Independent sources: 4 · Daily Mail, The Independent UK, Express.co.uk
The court heard that police intercepted a packet of sedatives at customs enroute to Young from India in 2015.
Independent sources: 4 · Daily Mail, The Independent UK, Express.co.uk
The prosecutor told the court that Young became fixated on his desire to fulfil his fantasy of watching others have sex with the mother of his children and began drugging his wife. 'The nightcap they shared it appeared would be used to plunge her into a state where anything could be done to her by w
Independent sources: 3 · Daily Mail, The Front Page, PressNewsAgency
The court heard that disgraced former Conservative Swindon councillor filmed three of the four men, who were not known to Ms Young, as they allegedly assaulted his wife.
Independent sources: 3 · Daily Mail, Express.co.uk, PressNewsAgency
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