Husband Admits 60 Counts of Drugging, Raping Wife
Husband Admits 60 Counts of Drugging, Raping Wife
The News
A husband in his 60s pleaded guilty Monday to 60 charges of drugging his wife and raping and sexually abusing her over a period of more than 20 years, British news outlets reported from court.
Sky News reported the man admitted drugging his wife in order to rape and sexually abuse her across more than two decades. The Sun reported the abuse dated back to the early 2000s and that the wife did not know she was being drugged.
The Daily Mail reported the man broke down in tears in the dock as he admitted the 60 charges.
He cannot be named, The Sun reported, because of restrictions protecting identities in the case.
Timeline
The drugging and abuse began, according to The Sun, which reported the man assaulted his wife while she was unconscious and unaware she had been drugged.
The man, in his 60s, pleads guilty to 60 charges involving drugging, rape and sexual abuse of his wife over more than 20 years. The Daily Mail reported he sobbed as the charges were put to him.
Reactions
The defendant's only reported response in court was his own: the Daily Mail described him weeping as he admitted the 60 counts.
The case drew immediate coverage across the British press, from Sky News in the center to the Daily Mail and The Sun on the right — a sign of how closely it echoes the wave of attention that followed similar mass-drugging prosecutions in Europe.
No statement from the wife, prosecutors or police appeared in the initial reports.
What's Next
A guilty plea on all counts means there will be no trial on the facts; the case moves to sentencing.
None of the outlets covering Monday's hearing reported a sentencing date, and the reporting restrictions keeping the man unnamed were still in place as of publication.
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The Frank is writing only what the four reports out of court will support. The man's name, his wife's name, the court and the town have all been withheld in the coverage, and we will not guess at them.
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