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Ex-Tory councillor who drugged and raped wife admits making child abuse images
TL;DR
Philip Young, a former Conservative councillor, has pleaded guilty to additional charges of making indecent images of children after previously admitting to drugging and raping his ex-wife. He faces nearly 50 offences, including multiple counts of voyeurism and sexual assault.
Key points
- Philip Young admitted to nearly 50 offences
- Charges include drugging and raping his former wife
- He changed his plea to guilty for making indecent images of children
- Young also admitted to multiple counts of voyeurism
- He previously denied some charges before changing his plea
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A former Conservative councillor who admitted nearly 50 offences of drugging, raping and sexually assaulting his former wife has pleaded guilty to additional offences of making indecent images of children.
Philip Young, 49, pleaded guilty in January at Winchester crown court to 11 counts of rape and 11 counts of administering a substance with intent to stupefy his former wife Joanne Young, 48, who has waived her right to anonymity.
At that time, he denied three charges of making indecent images of children and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child in July 2024, and four charges of possessing an extreme pornographic image between January 2019 and January 2024.
But appearing via videolink at Winchester crown court from HMP Winchester on Friday, Young changed all his pleas to guilty.
Young, who lived in Enfield, north London, also previously admitted 14 counts of voyeurism, including a single count that covered at least 200 acts of voyeurism; seven counts of assault by penetration; four counts of sexual assault and one count of publishing obscene articles on at least 500 occasions.
All offences took place between 2010 and 2024.
Dean Hamilton, 47, of Compton Dundon in Somerset, pleaded guilty in February to raping Joanne Young. He admitted rape, two counts of sexual assault and assault by penetration.
Four other men have appeared in court charged with sexual offences against Joanne Young. Connor Sanderson Doyle, 31, of Swindon, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and assault by penetration; Norman Macksoni, 47, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, pleaded not guilty to rape and possessing an extreme pornographic image; Richard Wilkins, 61, of Toothill, Swindon, pleaded not guilty to assault by penetration and rape; and Mohammed Hassan, 37, of Swindon, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault.
The men are due to stand trial in October.
Young, born in Enfield in June 1976, graduated from the University of Westminster in 1998. He was a Conservative councillor on Swindon borough council from 2007 to 2010.
He resigned as the cabinet member for culture, regeneration and economic development on 6 May 2010 to devote more time to his family and run his own business, the Swindon Advertiser reported.
Q&A
What charges did Philip Young plead guilty to?
Philip Young pleaded guilty to nearly 50 offences, including 11 counts of rape, 11 counts of administering a substance to stupefy, and additional charges of making indecent images of children.
How many counts of voyeurism was Philip Young charged with?
Philip Young was charged with 14 counts of voyeurism, which included at least 200 acts of voyeurism.
What is the background of Philip Young's criminal case?
Philip Young, a former Conservative councillor, has a history of serious offences against his ex-wife and has recently admitted to further charges related to child abuse images.
