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Philip Young Admits All 56 Charges After Adding Child Image Offences

The full set of guilty pleas removes the need for a trial.

Overview

  • Young changed his plea on Friday via video link from HMP Winchester to eight counts covering indecent child images and extreme pornography.
  • Judge Paul Dugdale said the new pleas mean Young has admitted all 56 charges and will not face a trial.
  • Earlier pleas in January covered 11 rapes, 11 instances of administering a substance, 14 voyeurism counts, and more than 500 postings of his ex-wife’s intimate images between 2010 and 2024.
  • The court heard the child-abuse images totalled about 230, and reports name the victim as Joanne Young after she waived her right to anonymity.
  • Related prosecutions continue for five other men, with four defendants set for trial on 5 October and one already having admitted multiple sexual offences.