A man has admitted sexually assaulting a woman who was allegedly drugged and raped by her husband without her knowledge.
The woman’s husband broke down in tears last month after admitting 60 charges relating to the drugging and rape of his wife over a 20-year period.
The man, who is in his 60s and cannot be named to protect his wife’s identity, repeatedly sobbed as he pleaded guilty to dozens of charges including rape, assault by penetration, sexual assault and attempted rape.
He also admitted administering a substance “with the intention of stupefying or overpowering” her “so as to enable” sexual activity between November 2004 and October 2025.
As the husband admitted two further charges at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester today, one of 12 men accused of offences against the woman also pleaded guilty.
Unemployed Sean Peers, 38, from Stockport, admitted assaulting the woman by penetration on September 15, 2024.
Judge Maurice Greene told Peers that he would now be subject to a notification requirement under the Sexual Offences Act.
Peers was granted bail and will be sentenced at a later date.
Sean Peers, 38, pictured outside court on a previous occasion, pleaded guilty today to assault by penetration against a woman whose husband has admitted drugging and raping her without her knowledge over a 20-year period
Keith Fotheringham, 58, has pleaded guilty to four offences committed between 2023 and 2025
Paramedic Jonathan Kirk, 43, pictured meeting Prince Harry in 2011 after riots struck Salford, is among 11 men due to stand trial over their alleged roles in the sexual abuse of the woman
Appearing by video link, the husband entered guilty pleas today to additional charges of raping his wife on August 17, 2025, and sexually assaulting her on June 29, 2025.
His guilty pleas now cover a total of 62 charges.
The alleged offending took place at the family home in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and continued until the man’s arrest in October 2025.
A further 11 men are due to stand trial later this month over their alleged involvement.
The men are aged between 29 and 74 and include an ambulance paramedic once pictured meeting Prince Harry during a royal visit, a former nightclub DJ and an ex-football club chief executive.
A thirteenth man, Keith Fotheringham, 59, a technician at the University of Dundee, had previously admitted his role.
Fotheringham pleaded guilty in February 2026 to four offences committed between 2023 and 2025: conspiracy to rape, conspiracy to commit assault by penetration, conspiracy to administer a substance with intent, and assault by penetration.
Ambulance paramedic Jonathan Kirk, 43, from Stockport, denies charges of rape, conspiracy to rape and conspiracy to commit assault by penetration between 2023 and 2025.
Robert Stewart, 70, a divorced father of two and grandfather who formerly worked as a DJ
Graham Brougham, 74, is the oldest of 14 defendants charged over the attacks
Brougham pictured outside court. He denies three charges of abusing the wife
Married father-of-two Alan Keelan, 42, pictured at a football club awards presentation
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Keelan covered his face with his hood as he arrived at court for an earlier hearing in March
The oldest of the accused, pensioner Graham Brougham, 74, is charged with the same offences as Kirk, also over two years. He has entered not guilty pleas.
Meanwhile, former DJ Robert Stewart, 70, of Stockport, a divorced father-of-two and grandfather, denies two rapes and one count of conspiracy to rape between September and November 2025.
The youngest defendant, Mohammed Sabir, 29, of Heald Green, Stockport, faces five counts: three rapes, conspiracy to rape and conspiracy to commit assault by penetration between 2023 and 2025. He denies them all.
Married father-of-two Alan Keelan, 42, from Manchester, works as an accounts clerk and is a coach with Benchill Celtic Junior Football Club, Wythenshawe, one of the city’s oldest junior teams.
Keelan denies rape, two counts of attempted rape and one of conspiracy to rape between June and November 2025.
Dog walker and delivery driver Jordan Wallace, 31, from Stockport, denies rape, attempted rape and conspiracy to rape between May and November 2025.
Father-of-three Philip Wild, 58, of Stockport, a taxi driver, has pleaded not guilty to counts of attempted rape, conspiracy to rape, assault by penetration, conspiracy to commit assault by penetration and sexual assault between 2023 and 2025.
Dog walker and delivery driver Jordan Wallace, 31, from Stockport, is accused of rape
Jordan Wallace is pictured outside Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester
Mohammed Sabir, 29, is the youngest defendant in the case and denies five charges
Former Taunton Football Club chief executive Karl Lindsay, 56, of Taunton, Somerset, is not accused of assaulting the victim – but of conspiracy to administer a substance with intent over two years.
The father-of-five, who has been married for over 34 years, is also accused of conspiracy to rape and conspiracy to sexually assault by penetration in the same period. He denies the charges.
Richard Townsend, 37, of Heywood, Greater Manchester, denies one count of conspiracy to commit assault by penetration and one count of assault by penetration.
Daniel Rayner, 42, from Whitstable, Kent, faces the same counts as Lindsay and has also pleaded not guilty.
Father-of-three Philip Wild, 58, Stockport, a taxi driver, is also accused of five counts
Richard Townsend, 37, denies two sexual offences against the same woman as the other men
Karl Lindsay, a 56-year-old father-of-five, enjoys a glass of wine with his wife on holiday
And David Graves, 59, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, denies conspiracy to rape, conspiracy to commit assault by penetration and conspiracy to commit sexual assault.
All the defendants are in custody apart from Wallace, Kirk, Brougham and Keelan, who have been granted bail.
Fotheringham is on remand in prison and will be sentenced at a later date.
A trial scheduled to start later this month is expected to last for at least two months.