Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
19
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A man accused of raping a wife advertised by her husband for sex on the internet has told a court that he heard her snoring but thought this was part of the 'role-playing'.
asserted
this → accuse → playing
Philip Young has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of drugging and sexually abusing his wife, Joanne Young, during a 13-year period at their home in Swindon, Wiltshire.
asserted
Young → plead → Swindon
Four other men are on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of sexually abusing Mrs Young, who has waived her right to anonymity.
Richard Wilkins, of Toothill, Swindon, Wiltshire, has pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and one of assault by penetration in July 2016.
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Wilkins → accuse → July
The 62-year-old who worked as a taxi driver told the court that he responded to an advert placed on Craigslist by Young.
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he → work → Young
He said that as he approached the bed in which Mrs Young was shackled and wearing a blindfold, he heard a 'snoring noise' which he thought was part of the encounter as advertised by Young.
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he → say → Young
He said: 'I considered this was still part of the role-playing scenario that I was acting out.'
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I → say → that
Explaining that he felt she must have been awake or woken up, he said: 'If you are asleep and someone climbs on your bed, it's going to wake you up and make you move or something.'
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you → explain → you
Philip Young has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually abusing his wife Joanne (pictured)
Richard Wilkins has pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and one of assault by penetration
Norman Macksoni, 48, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, has denied one count of rape
Connor Sanderson-Doyle, 32, has denied sexual assault by penetration and sexual touching
Mohammed Hassan, 38, has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual touching of Mrs Young
Dean Hamilton, of Somerset, has admitted assault by penetration, sexual assault and rape
He said that as he started having sex with Mrs Young, she stopped snoring and she began making sounds of 'moaning or groaning of enjoyment' as well as wrapping her legs around him.
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she → plead → him
Wilkins said that he had not suspected that she had been drugged or was drunk because there was no 'drug paraphernalia' in the room and Young and Mrs Young did not smell of alcohol.
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Young → say → alcohol
He added that he did not know that she was not consenting and said: 'I didn't and if I did or had any inkling of it I would have contacted police myself.
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I → add → police
I believed she was consenting.'
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she → believe → ?
Wilkins said that at the time he had been searching for friendship following a 'rough divorce' and added: 'I am trying to get back some confidence and get on with my life.'
The other three defendants in the trial, who have been charged jointly with Young, are Norman Macksoni, 48, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, who has denied one count of rape; and Connor Sanderson-Doyle, 32, of Swindon, has denied sexual assault by penetration and sexual touching.
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Doyle → say → penetration
Mohammed Hassan, 38, of Swindon, has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual touching of Mrs Young.
asserted
Hassan → plead → Young
Young, 50, has pleaded guilty to a total of 56 charges, and 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.
asserted
defendant → plead → rape
They will be sentenced at the conclusion of the trial.
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They → sentence → trial
The trial continues.
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trial → continue → ?
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