Man admits filming sex attacks on his partner with 'unknown' men while she was 'drugged and stupefied'

By CLAIRE DUFFIN, SENIOR REPORTER Published: 14:11, 14 July 2026 | Updated: 14:15, 14 July 2026 A man has admitted filming himself and other 'unknown' men carrying out dozens of sex attacks on his partner while she was 'drugged and stupefied'.  The man, 47, used his mobile phone to record the attacks which took place over 11 years. He sobbed in the dock as he pleaded guilty to 32 charges at court on Tuesday. They included scores of attacks 'with unknown others' between 2014 and 2025 when he was arrested. The prosecution said all of the offences were committed while the victim had been drugged and stupefied. The man filmed his partner while she was tied up by her arms and legs on a bed. In one video she was snoring. He used various objects in the sex attacks and wrote on her body. The man cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim.  The man sobbed as he pleaded guilty to all 32 charges when he appeared at Northampton Crown Court on Tuesday.  Judge David Herbert KC warned him he faced a substantial prison sentence, including a life term, when he is sentenced for the 'very serious' crimes in September. He said: 'Be under no illusions as to the length of sentence in this case.' At a brief hearing at Northampton Crown Court the man pleaded guilty to eight counts of rape; 10 counts of assault by penetration and four counts of sexual assault.  Some of the counts related to multiple incidents.   He also admitted four counts of rape, four counts of assault by penetration and two counts of sexual assault on the victim together 'with a person unknown'. The court heard the prosecution's case is that the victim had been drugged when the attacks took place. However the defence suggested that she was asleep on some of the occasions. Prosecutor Alexandra Felix KC told the court: 'All of these offences were committed while the victim had been drugged and stupefied.' She said 'that is not accepted in its entirety' however by the defence and the 'issue is whether she is asleep or has been drugged'. Nathalie Carter, in mitigation, said the man claims his partner was asleep during some of the offences. Ms Carter said her client 'has made it clear from the very beginning he did not want to contest any matters'. She said he 'does not want the complainant spoken to again.' 'We want to let it rest,' she added.  Prosecutors did not open the facts of the case and the hearing was adjourned until September 18. The case comes after serial rapist Dominique Pelicot was jailed for 20 years in France in 2024 for drugging his then wife, Gisele, raping her and inviting dozens of men to abuse her over nearly a decade. More recently, 13 men are separately facing trial following a Greater Manchester Police investigation into the drug-facilitated sexual abuse of a woman which was led by her husband. Earlier this month, it emerged police had launched multiple investigations into Britons suspected of drugging their wives and partners so they can be raped by others.  The National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed that it had identified eight cases in the UK as part of investigations into 270 individuals worldwide linked to a major online abuse forum. Following an international operation to uncover networks where men are coordinating drug rapes, eight suspects have been arrested and steps have been taken to protect eight victims in the UK. Investigators believe there are many more forums which have not yet been uncovered where men are secretly drugging wives and girlfriends so they can be sexually exploited by other men on camera. In many of the cases, the victims have been abused for a number of years while they were unconscious, and they often do not realise they have been targeted until being contacted by police  Nigel Leary, deputy director of the NCA said: 'The scale of what we have seen so far has left us deeply concerned.' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.