British husband and 12 men accused of yearslong drugging and rape of wife

A woman was drugged and raped repeatedly over years by her husband and 12 other men while unconscious.

In Britain, a woman's most intimate sphere of trust became the site of a prolonged and alleged conspiracy of violence — her husband, now in his 60s, stands accused of drugging her into unconsciousness and opening the door to abuse by twelve other men over the course of several years. The case, now before the British criminal justice system, involves accused men spanning four decades in age, suggesting not an isolated act but a coordinated network. That such harm could persist undetected within the bounds of marriage raises ancient and urgent questions about what remains invisible in domestic l

British husband and 12 men accused of yearslong drugging and rape of wife

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