Former councillor admits drugging and r@ping his wife with others in harrowing campaign of abuse that stretched over 13 years

 Bedfordshire, entered a not guilty plea to one count of r@pe and one count of possession of extreme images. 

Connor Sanderson-Doyle, 31, from Swindon also denied s£xual assault by penetration and s£xual touching. 

While Richard Wilkins, 61, from Swindon, denied r@pe and s£xual touching while Mohammed Hassan, 37, also from Swindon, pleaded not guilty to a single charge of s£xual touching. 

Dean Hamilton, 47, of Butleigh, Somerset, who faces one count of r@pe and s£xual assault by penetration and two counts of s£xual touching, is yet to enter a plea. 

The six men stood in line in the dock for the 27 minutes it took for the charges to be read by the clerk.  

During a previous hearing at Swindon Magistrates' Court, Macksoni, Hamilton, Wilkins, Doyle and Hassan were released on conditional bail while Young was remanded into custody. 

Speaking after the court hearing James Foster, Specialist Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Philip Young has pleaded guilty to 48 serious s£xual offences committed against his former wife, Joanne Young. 

"We worked closely with Wiltshire Police to build a thorough and compelling case that resulted in him pleading guilty to dozens of offences today."

Young was formerly a council cabinet member for culture, regeneration and economic development, but in 2010 he said he was stepping down to spend more time with family. 

Six months earlier, he described how he helped deliver the couple's third child at home minutes before paramedics could arrive. The couple have since split up.  

Young has been involved in multiple consultancy businesses, including as a director, and describes himself online as an "experienced business leader". 

He is listed as the chief operating officer for a salesforce consultancy firm based in London. He joined the business in June 2023 with "17 years" experience in the ecosystem running his own partner consultancy, according to his biography on the company website. 

He previously worked on projects for household names including Aston Martin, Unilever, and BP.