A SOMERSET man has been charged with sexual offences alongside former Conservative councillor Philip Young – who has admitted nearly 50 offences of drugging, raping and sexually assaulting his former wife.
The offences occurred over a period of 14 years, and today (January 26) at Winchester Crown Court, 49-year-old Young pleaded guilty 11 counts of rape and 11 counts of administering a substance with intent to stupefy his former spouse Joanne, 48.
Mrs Young can be identified after she waived her right to anonymity.
A Swindon Borough Councillor for the Conservatives between 2007 and 2010, Young, who lives in Enfield, also admitted 14 counts of voyeurism, including a single count that covered at least 200 acts of voyeurism; seven counts of assault by penetration; four counts of sexual assault and one count of publishing obscene articles on at least 500 occasions, all taking place between 2010 and 2024.
Appearing in court wearing a prison-issue grey sweater, Young denied three counts of making indecent images of children, one count of possession of prohibited images and four counts of possessing extreme pornographic images.
He appeared alongside five other men charged with offences against Mrs Young – including 47-year-old Dean Hamilton, of Compton Dundon, near Street.
Hamilton is charged with assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault and rape. He is yet to enter pleas.
Connor Sanderson-Doyle, 31, of Swindon, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and assault by penetration; Norman Macksoni, 47, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, pleaded not guilty to rape and possessing an extreme pornographic image; Richard Wilkins, 61, of Toothill, Swindon, pleaded not guilty to assault by penetration and rape; and Mohammed Hassan, 37, of Swindon, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault.
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