WINCHESTER - Jurors were being selected at Winchester crown court for the trial of four men accused of sexually assaulting the ex-wife of a former Conservative councillor, according to a report in The Guardian.
The Guardian reported that Mr Justice Saini told the eight men and six women at the court that the case is "likely to be upsetting." The report said the jurors who were being selected had been warned of the same thing. It did not say at what point in the proceedings the warning was given.
The Guardian's summary does not name the four men on trial, the woman, or the former Conservative councillor whose ex-wife she is.
The Guardian's headline describes the woman as a man's drugged ex-wife, and its summary says the four men are accused of sexually assaulting her.
The Guardian's summary says Philip Young, 50, has pleaded guilty to multiple, and the text stops there. The summary also refers to a person who has admitted repeatedly drugging and raping the woman, but it does not make clear whether that person is Young.
The Guardian's summary gives no further detail about the allegations, the expected length of the trial, or the court's procedure. The full article was not available for this story.
Because the source is a summary that breaks off mid-sentence, this account is limited to the points it states, and nothing has been added to them.
Sources: The Guardian: Jury selected for trial of four accused of sexually assaulting man’s drugged ex-wife.