Nine other men are on trial at Manchester Minshull Street crown court, accused either of taking part in the abuse of the woman or of encouraging the offending online while "hiding behind the screens of their mobile telephones and computers". The prosecutor, Louise Oakley KC, told the court that by the start of January 2025 the husband's "resolve to satisfy his own perversity continued", with arrangements being made for more and more individuals to attend his marital home.
In early 2025, the court heard, two men sexually abused the woman one after the other in a single night while she was unconscious. One of them, Mohammed Sabir, 28, of Stockport, knew before entering the bedroom that the victim was not conscious and at no point sought her consent, Oakley said. The husband later asked him to write the review, which the jury was shown: "Really easy to set up a meet. It was my first [experience] fucking someone's wife in front of them, so thanks for that. Hope to meet again soon." Sabir denies rape and conspiracy to rape. The other man, Philip Wild, 59, also of Stockport, was "fully aware" that she could not consent, the court heard, and denies sexual assault, attempted rape, assault by penetration and conspiracy to rape.
The court also heard the case against alleged "non-contact" offenders, including Daniel Rayner, 42, of Whitstable, Kent, who repeatedly sought imagery of the abuse, telling the husband "Passed out ones are obviously better" and "Hope she's being used tonight". Rayner denies conspiracy to rape, conspiracy to assault by penetration and conspiracy to administer a substance with intent.
In May 2025 the husband made contact with Jordan Wallace, 31, a building supplies employee from Wythenshawe, who messaged that he was "pissed" and asked to be picked up: "13 mins if [you] wanna pick me up [and] me [and] [yo]u will get perverted with your wife." Oakley said Wallace was fully aware the wife was unconscious. The husband recalls that at one point Wallace "got rough" with her and that he had to push him away; Wallace later apologised but asked for the videos he had taken. He denies rape and attempted rape.
In June 2025, the court heard, the husband subjected his wife to a "humiliating, degrading and sustained sexual assault" over three hours, again inviting two men in succession into the home. The second, Alan Keelan, 42, an industrial cleaning firm worker from Wythenshawe, climbed on top of the unconscious woman and attempted to have sex with her before sexually assaulting her. He denies attempted rape and assault by penetration. The following month the husband contacted Richard Townsend, 38, a sheet metal worker from Heywood, who sexually assaulted the woman while aware she was not conscious, assisted by her husband; the pair stopped when her leg moved and she appeared to be stirring. Townsend denies assault by penetration.
Jonathan Kirk, 43, from Stockport, a paramedic, first asked to meet the husband at his own house, where the husband showed him photographs and said he would consider drugging his wife. Kirk told him that "could be very dangerous", the court heard. Oakley said Kirk, as a senior paramedic, could not have failed to notice that the woman was not conscious when he later took a taxi to the marital home; after intercourse he remarked how great it had been before leaving. Kirk denies rape and conspiracy to rape.
Robert Stewart, 70, of Stockport, denies rape, conspiracy to rape and conspiracy to administer a substance with intent, while David Graves, 60, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, denies charges of conspiracy. Three further men, Graham Brougham, 74, Sean Peers, 38, and Keith Fotheringham, 59, have pleaded guilty to offences against the same woman. Karl Lindsay, 56, has pleaded guilty to non-contact offences. They will be sentenced alongside the husband at a later date. The trial continues.