Husband raped wife while secretly giving her 11 drugs, court hears

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 18:17 · Archive

A husband admitted raping his wife over 20 years and secretly giving her a cocktail of 11 drugs including morphine and ketamine.

A husband in his 60s admitted raping his wife over a 20-year period and secretly giving her a 'potentially fatal' cocktail of 11 drugs to sedate her, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Hair samples tested by a specialist laboratory in France revealed traces of morphine, cocaine, ketamine, tranquillisers and sedatives. The woman believed the only medication she took regularly were multivitamins and tablets prescribed by her GP for high blood pressure, cholesterol and heartburn. The prosecutor, Louise Oakley KC, told jurors that when combined with alcohol, the drug cocktail's effects were 'unpredictable' and 'could have been fatal'.

The husband initially filmed himself sexually abusing his wife and shared the footage online in 2015. From 2023 onwards, he invited men he met online to their four-bedroom home in Stockport and, while his wife lay unconscious in their marital bed, filmed himself and others raping and sexually abusing her. Nine men are accused of sexually abusing the woman at her home; four have already admitted offences. The husband has pleaded guilty to 62 offences including rape, assault by penetration, administering a substance with intent, and sharing intimate photographs or film.

The abuse continued until October 2025 when undercover journalists infiltrated online messaging groups where footage was being shared and contacted police. The husband was arrested at his home in the Stockport area. The prosecutor said he told her he would be 'willing to give evidence against those who he had offended with' and wanted his wife and family to 'know the truth' about what happened.

How it is being reported

• Wife raped by husband over 20 years 'found with cocktail of 11 drugs in her system'Toxicology tests carried out on a strand of the woman’s hair detected traces of several substances, including morphine, cocaine, ketamine, tranquilisers and sedativesThe Mirror · 5 Nov, 17:53
• Wife 'raped in her home by husband and string of other men was given potentially fatal cocktail of 11 drugs to sedate her'A wife raped by her husband and a string of other men was found with a 'potentially fatal' cocktail of 11 drugs in her system, a court heard.Daily Mail · 5 Nov, 12:03

In this story: Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court · Louise Oakley KC · Stockport

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