Man, 38, admits sexually assaulting woman who was drugged and raped by her own husband without her knowledge over a 20-year period

A man today admitted sexually assaulting a woman who was drugged and raped by her own husband without her knowledge.

Unemployed Sean Peers, 38, of Stockport, was due to go on trial later this month along with 11 other men who all deny various allegations involving sexual offending against the same woman.

Peers appeared at Minshull Street Crown Court today and changed his plea to guilty to a single offence of assault by penetration.

He was told by Judge Maurice Greene that he would now be subject to a notification requirement under the Sexual Offences Act, and was allowed bail to be sentenced at a later date.

The husband, who is in his 60s and cannot be identified to protect the victim’s identity, appeared via videolink from prison at the same court today and admitted a further rape and sexual assault against her.

He broke down in tears last month as he admitted 60 charges involving drugging and raping his wife over a 20-year period. 

He also admitted administering a substance ‘with the intention of stupefying or overpowering’ her ‘so as to enable’ his wife to engage in sexual activity between November 2004 and October 2025.

The husband, who has now pleaded guilty to a total of 62 charges, will also be sentenced at a later date.

The offending by the husband was carried out at the family home in Stockport, Greater Manchester, up until the man’s arrest in October 2025.

The 11 men due to stand trial later this month over their alleged roles are aged between 29 and 74 and include an ambulance paramedic once pictured meeting Prince Harry during a royal visit as well as 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 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.

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.

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, 38, 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.

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.