# Over a million abuse images found on UK man's phone > A Manchester court hears how a man drugged and raped his wife for two decades, filming the abuse and sharing it with strangers he invited to participate. - Title: Over a million abuse images found on UK man's phone · Dawn - Summary: A Manchester court hears how a man drugged and raped his wife for two decades, filming the abuse and sharing it with strangers he invited to participate. A… - Keywords: sexual assault, drug-facilitated sexual assault, manchester court, uk crime, organised abuse, dominique pelicot, news, politics, million, abuse, images, found - Source: Dawn — https://dawn.com/news/2041664/over-a-million-abuse-images-found-on-phone-of-uk-man-who-drugged-raped-wife-prosecutor - Author: AFP - Published: 2026-11-02T19:40:40+00:00 - Read time: 2 min - Topics: sexual assault, drug-facilitated sexual assault, manchester court, uk crime, organised abuse, dominique pelicot, news, politics ## Millions of abuse images on phone A Manchester court heard that a man in his sixties had over a million photographs and videos on his phone cataloguing abuse of his wife over two decades. ## Husband drugged and raped wife The husband drugged his wife and raped her repeatedly. He filmed and shared images of the abuse on the internet and social media applications with other men. ## Strangers invited to participate Starting in twenty twenty-three, the husband began inviting men around to their home and filmed himself and others raping his wife while she was unconscious. ## Nine men on trial for participation Nine men aged between twenty-eight and seventy are on trial in Manchester, accused of rape, sexual assault and conspiracy to administer a substance with intent. ## Defendants include taxi driver and medic The nine defendants include a taxi driver, a recruitment agency worker, a building supplies worker and a senior medic. All deny the charges against them. ## Conspiracy to administer drugs Some defendants allegedly hid behind a screen and conspired with the husband over the years to administer substances to the woman so she could be used and abused. ## Husband pleaded guilty to sixty offences The husband pleaded guilty in September to some sixty sexual offences against his wife, including administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower her. ## Four men have already pleaded guilty The husband and thirteen other men were accused of conspiring to abuse the woman. Four of those men have since pleaded guilty to various offences. ## Phone described as confession booth Prosecutor Louise Oakley told the jury the husband's seized phone was like a confession booth including barbaric sexual fantasies going back to twenty twenty-four. > There were over a million photograph and videos cataloguing not only his abuse of his wife but abuse on her committed by others. ## Double life masked in respectability Prosecutor Oakley told the court there is no doubt the husband lived a double life masked in respectability while committing the abuse over two decades. > There is no doubt he lived a double life masked in respectability. ## Second similar case in Britain This is the second case involving a man accused of inviting strangers to abuse his wife currently being heard in Britain. A trial in Winchester opened last week. ## Global awareness of organised DFSA Global awareness of organised drug-facilitated sexual assault has grown following the high-profile conviction in France of Dominique Pelicot, who drugged and raped his then-wife Gisele. ## Key takeaway A UK court heard that a man who drugged and raped his wife over two decades had over a million abuse images on his phone, with nine other men on trial for participating.