Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
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1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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A woman said she ran into and locked herself in a bathroom after realising her then-husband had allowed someone else in the bedroom while she was blindfolded and having sex, a jury has heard.
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jury → publish → sex
In a police interview played at Winchester Crown Court, Joanne Young said she was restrained when she felt a hand on her wrist which she believed did not belong to her now ex-husband Philip Young.
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she → play → husband
Joanne - who has waived her right to anonymity - said Young, who has admitted drugging and raping her, later apologised and told her he had invited someone to watch the couple have sex after browsing online forums.
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couple → waive → forums
Four men who Young is alleged to have recruited to abuse his wife at their home are now on trial.
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Young → allege → trial
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On the second day of the four men's trial, two police interviews with Joanne were played to the court.
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interviews → contain → court
Joanne said the incident had happened after a night out with drinking friends in February 2023.
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incident → say → February
"I can't remember all of it," she told police.
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she → remember → police
Joanne said at "some point after after he [Young] had come upstairs" she "had the blindfold on and the restraints".
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blindfold → say → point
When she felt the hand, she said she took off the blindfold she was wearing and her husband said "get down" to someone.
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husband → feel → someone
Joanne said she then saw someone ducking at the end of the bed and she ran to the bathroom and locked the door.
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she → say → door
Joanne said her vision had been blurry as she did not have glasses on or contact lenses in, but she had seen a car outside which she did not recognise after leaving the bathroom.
The jury heard the couple had discussed the incident later, with Joanne telling police it was the first time she had ever seen her then-husband cry.
She described how she had asked Young if he had ever invited anyone else to watch them have sex before, which he denied.
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he → say → which
He knows I would have never said yes to that," she told police.
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she → know → police
Four men are jointly charged with Young, 50, with the following offences:
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men → charge → offences
Connor Sanderson-Doyle, of Swindon, denies sexual assault by penetration and sexual touching during an incident in 2016.
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Doyle → deny → 2016
Norman Macksoni, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, has denied one count of rape in 2017.
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Macksoni → deny → 2017
Richard Wilkins, of Toothill, Swindon, Wiltshire, has pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and one of assault by penetration in 2016.
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Wilkins → plead → 2016
Mohammed Hassan, of Swindon, has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual touching in 2023.
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Hassan → plead → 2023
Young, a former Conservative Swindon councillor, has admitted 14 counts of voyeurism, 11 of rape, 11 of administering a substance with intent, seven of assault by penetration, four of sexual assault and one of publishing an obscene article.
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Young → admit → article
He also published more than 500 intimate images and videos of his ex-wife and recorded her doing private acts for his own sexual gratification without her consent between 2010 and 2024.
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her → publish → 2010
A sixth defendant, Dean Hamilton, 47, of Street, Somerset, has admitted one charge of assault by penetration, two of sexual assault and one of rape.
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defendant → admit → rape
Young and Hamilton will be sentenced at the end of the trial, which is expected to last up to four weeks.
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which → sentence → trial
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