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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Louise Bonquin

UK Man, Philip Young, Compared to French Abuser Who Drugged His Wife and Let Other Men Assault Her

A case that has shocked the United Kingdom is now drawing haunting comparisons to the Dominique Pelicot case in France, as Philip Young, the accused, is now being compared to the French abuser, Dominique Pelicot, due to the eerie similarities of the crimes they both committed against their own wives.

In the latest development in this case, the 49-year-old Swindon man has been charged with orchestrating a horrific operation of sexual abuse against his 48-year-old former wife. Philip drew haunting parallels to the high-profile Pelicot trial in France, in which for decades he drugged his wife and recruited strangers to assault her. His wife, Joanne Young, has bravely waived her right to anonymity.

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