HUSBAND ‘DRUG RAPE': 6 IN DOCK

Charged with attacks on ex-wife

- BY JOE SMITH

A FORMER Tory councillor has appeared in court accused of drugging and raping his ex-wife over a 13-year period.Five other men appeared alongside Philip Young, also accused of sexual offences against the same woman.

Joanne Young, 48, has waived her legal right to anonymity over the alleged offences, said to have taken place between 2010 and 2023.

Young, 49, is charged with 56 offences, including multiple counts of rape and administering a substance with intent to stupefy Joanne Young.

He was not required to enter a plea and was remanded in custody.