A husband ‘broke down in tears’ as he plead guilty to drugging and raping his wife without her knowledge over a period of more than two decades.
The husband, who cannot be named to protect his wife’s legal right to anonymity, had already admitted 15 charges including rape.
The survivor was sitting in the front row of the public gallery surrounded by family as he changed his plea to guilty at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Monday.
Prosecutors said he had drugged his wife at her home in the Stockport area of Greater Manchester and she was completely unaware of what was happening.
He was accused of inviting other men to join in the abuse from September 2018 until November 2025 when they were arrested.
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On Monday the husband, in his 60s, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, admitted similar offenses dating back to 2004 including administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower his wife between 2004 and 2025.
Wearing a dark grey suit, blue shirt and blue tie, he broke down in tears at one point as he entered his pleas from the dock at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court and was allowed to sit down to answer the remaining charges.
His wife sat in the front row of the public gallery surrounded by family members.
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