Husband who ‘let wife be raped by strangers’ shared images and messages online with men from as far afield as Texas, court hears

The court trying nine men accused of sexual offences heard that a husband who has admitted 62 offences, including rapes of his wife, shared messages, images and videos about the abuse with men in Britain and abroad. Prosecutors say the contacts discussed drugging and assaulting the woman, and that the husband described wanting others to abuse her. The evidence matters because it sets out how the alleged abuse was discussed and facilitated online.

Jurors heard that one contact said he was more than 4,000 miles away in Texas, while another was in the US and travelling to Hawaii. Prosecutors described a 2018 video of an assault and 16 images sent to a man in a 17-minute period; the images have not been recovered. David Graves, 60, denies three charges and is accused of discussing tablets to make the woman pass out. The trial is taking place at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.