Former Tory councillor in court docket accused of drugging and raping ex-wife | UK information

A former Tory councillor has appeared in court docket charged with drugging and raping his former spouse over a interval of 13 years.

Philip Younger, 49, and 5 different males have been accused of greater than 60 rapes and sexual offences towards Joanne Younger, 48. She will be named because the alleged sufferer as a result of she has waived her proper to anonymity, which might in any other case apply in such instances.

Younger, who was described by police as white British, appeared at Swindon magistrates court docket on Tuesday charged with 56 offences, together with a number of counts of rape and administering a substance with intent to stupefy his former partner.

He’s additionally accused of voyeurism, possession of indecent photographs of kids and possession of maximum photographs.

He was remanded in custody and can seem at Swindon crown court docket on 23 January.

Sporting darkish blue denims and a black jumper throughout the transient listening to, Younger spoke to substantiate his title and handle. When requested if he wished to point a plea at this stage, he shook his head.

The prosecutor Keith Ballinger mentioned Younger confronted “quite a lot of allegations”, quite a lot of which had been indictable-only, and invited the case to be despatched to the crown court docket.

Paul Dillon, defending Younger, added: “In these circumstances sir, there’s nothing so as to add.”

Martin Clarke, the chair of the bench, informed the defendant: “Your instances are indictable-only, to allow them to solely be heard within the crown court docket. So we’re sending all these issues to the crown court docket. You’re remanded in custody till the actual time. Do you perceive?”

Younger responded: “I do”

Younger, previously of Swindon, Wiltshire, and now of Enfield, north London, was a Conservative councillor on Swindon borough council from 2007 to 2010.

The 5 different males charged within the case are because of seem in court docket on Tuesday afternoon. They’re:

• Norman Macksoni, 47, a black British nationwide of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, who has been charged with one rely of rape and possession of maximum photographs.

• Dean Hamilton, 46, of no mounted abode, who’s white British, has been charged with one rely of rape and sexual assault by penetration and two counts of sexual touching.

• Conner Sanderson Doyle, 31, of Swindon, described as white British, has been charged with sexual assault by penetration and sexual touching.

• Richard Wilkins, 61, of Toothill, Swindon, who’s white British, has been charged with one rely of rape and sexual touching.

• Mohammed Hassan, 37, of Swindon, described by police as British Asian, has been charged with sexual touching.

Police launched the ethnicity of every man charged on Monday.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2010 and 2023.

The costs towards Younger are 11 counts of rape; seven counts of sexual assault by penetration; 4 counts of sexual touching; 11 counts of administering a substance with the intent of stupefying or overpowering to permit sexual exercise; 13 counts of voyeurism particular to movies, in addition to voyeurism on a minimum of 200 different events; and possession of 230 indecent photographs of kids, together with 139 class A photographs.

He’s additionally accused of breaching part 1 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 on a minimum of 500 events.