A woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by men invited into their family home by her ex-husband described how she would wake in the middle of the night restrained and blindfolded and feeling “hazy”.
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she → assault → night
Joanne Young said that on one occasion she managed to remove her blindfold and was shocked to glimpse a stranger in her bedroom who her husband, Philip Young, had allegedly arranged to have sex with her.
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husband → say → her
On another occasion she came around feeling “terrified”, with her husband asking her: “Wouldn’t you like it if somebody else was here?”
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somebody → come → it
Philip Young, 50, “advertised” Joanne Young on dating and swinging websites, presenting it as a “kink” for both of them, Winchester crown court has heard.
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court → advertise → them
He has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of abuse, but four men who allegedly sexually assaulted Joanne Young, having been invited into the couple’s home by Philip Young, are on trial.
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who → plead → trial
Recorded video interviews of Joanne Young, 49, telling her story to the police were watched by the jury on Wednesday.
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Young → record → Wednesday
Joanne Young said she and “Phil” had been married for 20 years and had three children.
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she → say → children
She said they were a straight, monogamous couple.
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they → say → ?
“It was always just the two of us,” she said.
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she → say → us
On one occasion early on in their marriage, he “joked” about watching her when she was having sex with someone else but she “laughed it off”.
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she → joke → it
She said: “That was never part of our relationship and was never going to be.”
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That → say → relationship
He liked to restrain and blindfold her during sex.
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He → like → sex
“I didn’t object, it was fine,” she said.
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she → object → ?
But she said she would wake up not knowing how she had come to be restrained.
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she → say → ?
“I’d wake up and there would be a blindfold on and restraints and I wouldn’t always remember them going on.
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them → wake → ?
It was a bit like, when did that happen?”
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that → happen → ?
She described feeling “hazy” when she woke.
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she → describe → ?
On a night in February 2023, Joanne Young woke up and removed the blindfold and restraints.
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Young → wake → blindfold
“I wasn’t comfortable,” she said.
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she → say → ?
“I don’t know what was bothering me.”
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what → know → me
When she got the blindfold off, she realised there was a stranger in her room.
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she → get → room
Philip Young told the second person to “get down” and he ducked out of sight.
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he → tell → sight
“I was in shock,” said Joanne Young.
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Young → say → shock
“There was this man in my house and I was naked.”
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I → be → house
She hid in a bathroom and the next day asked her husband: “What was that?”
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that → hide → husband
He told her he had invited someone to watch them have sex.
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them → tell → sex
“I was shocked someone had been there, it was so intrusive.”
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it → shock → ?
He claimed it had not happened before.
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it → claim → ?
“I thought it was a one-off,” Joanne Young said.
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Young → think → ?
She said she decided to “stick my head in the sand” and carry on.
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she → say → sand
“You can’t forgive.
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You → forgive → ?
You have to hope it won’t happen again.”
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it → have → ?
Joanne Young said that on the day of his arrest, her husband admitted to her that he had shared explicit images of her.
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he → say → her
How could he do that to me?
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he → do → me
That is so intimate, it’s not allowed.”
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it → allow → ?
She asked him if the incident in February was the only time such a thing had happened.
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thing → ask → February
Joanne Young said: “He stood there and looked at me and said: ‘No’”.
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He → say → me
After the arrest, Joanne Young recalled a “vague” incident some years before when she had woken up feeling “terrified” and saying: “No, no.”
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she → recall → incident
She said: “I remember him [Philip] saying: ‘Wouldn’t you like it if somebody else was here?’
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somebody → say → it
The next day she put it down to a nightmare.
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she → put → nightmare
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