{"id":299259,"date":"2026-01-23T10:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/299259\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:11:11","slug":"husband-to-appear-in-uk-court-accused-of-drugging-and-raping-ex-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/299259\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband to appear in UK court accused of drugging and raping ex-wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Philip Young is charged with 56 offences over a 13-year period between 2010 and 2023\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philip Young appearing at Swindon Magistrates\u2019 Court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a870d6f5-bc47-425c-9bb0-4000478f1945.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Philip Young appearing at Swindon Magistrates\u2019 Court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fiver other men also face court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/00d8515b-8cf6-48b1-9686-ec1f4cf09c49.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Fiver other men also face court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"thumbnail: Philip Young appearing at Swindon Magistrates\u2019 Court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769163070_988_a870d6f5-bc47-425c-9bb0-4000478f1945.jpg\" height=\"40px\" width=\"auto\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"thumbnail: Fiver other men also face court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769163071_670_00d8515b-8cf6-48b1-9686-ec1f4cf09c49.jpg\" height=\"40px\" width=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Claire Hayhurst and Ben Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>Press AssociationToday at 07:57<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A husband accused of drugging and raping his wife over a 13-year period is due to appear before a crown court, along with five other men who are charged with sexual offences against her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Philip Young, 49, formerly of Swindon but now of Amberley Road, Enfield, will appear at Winchester Crown Court before Judge Angela Morris, the Recorder of Winchester, on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fiver other men also face court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769163071_320_00d8515b-8cf6-48b1-9686-ec1f4cf09c49.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Fiver other men also face court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He has been charged with 56 offences, including multiple counts of rape and administering a substance with intent to stupefy his 48-year-old former spouse Joanne Young, who has waived her legal right to anonymity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2010 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Five other men are also due to appear before the same court on Friday, charged with sexual offences against Ms Young.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Norman Macksoni, Wood End Close in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, and Dean Hamilton, of no fixed abode, both 47, and Richard Wilkins, 61, of Toothill, Swindon, have all been charged with one count of rape in connection with the case.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philip Young appearing at Swindon Magistrates\u2019 Court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a870d6f5-bc47-425c-9bb0-4000478f1945.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Philip Young appearing at Swindon Magistrates\u2019 Court (Elizabeth Cook\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">News in 90 seconds Friday, January 23 <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Connor Sanderson Doyle, 31, of Crofton Road, Swindon, is charged with sexual assault by penetration and sexual touching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Mohammed Hassan, 37, of Torun Way in Swindon, is charged with sexual touching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">During a previous hearing at Swindon Magistrates\u2019 Court, Macksoni, Hamilton, Wilkins, Doyle and Hassan were released on conditional bail while Young was remanded into custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philip Young is 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