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Body-worn footage has shown the moment two Swindon men were arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a Swindon councillor's wife.
32-year-old Connor Sanderson-Boyle, of Swindon, is among the four men currently standing trial over the alleged sex abuse of Joanne Young, the wife of ex-Swindon councillor Philip Young.
Young has already pleaded guilty to multiple charges of drugging and sexually abusing his wife Joanne during a 13-year period at their home in Swindon, Wiltshire.
The court heard that Philip Young placed an advert on Craigslist, asking for people to come and have sex with his wife.
Connor Sanderson-Boyle, who is alleged to have responded to the ad, has denied sexual assault by penetration and sexual touching in June 2016.
He has now called Young a "vile monster" and said the ex-Tory councillor used Joanne and the four men as "pawns in his sick little game."
New body-worn footage has now been released to the public, showing the moment Sanderson-Doyle and Richard Wilkins, also of Swindon, were arrested in 2025.
The video shows the 2016 allegations being put to Sanderson-Doyle for the first time, to which he responded: "Are you f***ing kidding me?"
"I remember this. I was asked to go around there to bang this guy's wife, and that's what I went and did. I was invited around to go."
Sanderson-Doyle told the court he believed Mrs Young was consenting to the sexual activity and he had stopped when he felt she was not happy.
Responding to questions by prosecutor Sarah Jones KC on Tuesday, November 3, he said: “You make me out as this horrible monster wanting to do horrible things, that is not the case.
“Never in my wildest dreams or nightmares would I imagine what I walked into.
“If I didn’t care how Mrs Young was feeling I wouldn’t have stopped, I wouldn’t have apologised when I accidentally hurt her.
“Never in my right mind would I have jumped to the right conclusion of what Philip Young was doing to his wife.
“While I thought things were weird and strange and not what I am used to and outside my comfort zone, I took it as it was odd not that it was nefarious, not that as what Philip Young was actually doing.”
The defendant said: “I have lost my career, I could have lost my house, you have put horrible stress on my wife and my mother and I do feel hard done by, so yes woe is me.”
“I think Mr Young’s actions caused this, I think my naivety has played a part.”
Officers also conducted a search of Richard Wilkins' home in Swindon and asked to see his distinctive tattoos before arresting him.
Giving evidence, Wilkins, from Toothill, said he had worked as a taxi driver as well as a lorry driver and had driven vehicles to Romania for the Red Cross between 1989 and 1990.
The 62-year-old said he had answered the advert placed by Young on Craigslist out of “curiosity”.
He said Young had said his wife wanted “anonymity” of the person involved and therefore she would be blindfolded.
Wilkins said he was concerned the advert said she would be “pissed” and he said: “I remember saying it wouldn’t be much fun if she’s pissed, he said maybe she has had a drink, she pretends to sleep and if you get her going she might respond.”
He said Young said it would be a “fantasy thing that she would be asleep”, and added: “The scenario was I would go there, he would let me in, she would be upstairs pretending to be asleep. I would come in, have sex and then leave.”
When he was informed of where the Youngs lived, he said: “I thought it was a nice area, it would be a nice couple,” and Young had told him “they were a happily married couple and this was what they liked to do”.
Wilkins said he asked to speak to Mrs Young during a phone call prior to the incident but Young told him she was busy but had said to tell him “she’s looking forward to having you”.
He added that he got the impression the Youngs “seemed endearing, like it was genuine”.
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The other defendants currently on trial, who have been charged jointly with Young, are Norman Macksoni, 48, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, who has denied one count of rape, and Mohammed Hassan, 38, of Swindon, who has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual touching of Mrs Young.
Young himself has pleaded guilty to a total of 56 charges, and a sixth defendant, Dean Hamilton, 47, of Street, Somerset, has admitted one charge of assault by penetration, two of sexual assault and one of rape.
They will be sentenced at the conclusion of the trial.
The trial continues.
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