UK Drugged-Wife Abuse Trial: 13 Accused Accomplices Named

UK Drugged-Wife Abuse Trial: 13 Accused Accomplices Named

Reporting restrictions have been lifted at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court, allowing the public naming of 13 men accused of sexual offences against a woman drugged by her husband. The defendants include 43-year-old paramedic Jonathan Kirk and former football CEO Karl Lindsay, with ages ranging from 28 to 73, though the husband remains anonymous. While 59-year-old Keith Fotheringham has pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy to rape, the remaining 12 men have entered not guilty pleas and await trial. For more details, visit

SOURCE: ITV News.

The similarities to the earlier case in France are frightening:

The French abuse took place in the village of Mazan in southeastern France. The husband's name was Dominique Pelicot, who drugged his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, for nearly a decade and invited dozens of strangers into their home to assault her while she was unconscious. [1]