Thirteen men accused of plotting with a husband in his 60s to drug and rape his unconscious wife have been named for the first time.
They are aged between 28 and 73 and include an ambulance paramedic once pictured meeting Prince Harry during a royal visit.
Also among them are a former nightclub DJ, a football club chief executive and university technician.
A series of attacks is alleged to have happened after a substance was administered to the woman at the couple’s address in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
On Monday the husband – who cannot be named to protect his wife’s identity – admitted offences including rape, assault by penetration and sexual assault.
He denies drugging her along with multiple other charges in relation to her alleged sexual abuse, said to have taken place over a 20-year period.
Now the identities of the men with whom he is accused of plotting can be revealed for the first time after a court order expired.
Twelve of them have denied a range of offences including rape, conspiracy to rape, assault by penetration, sexual assault and conspiracy to administer a substance with intent.
One has pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy to rape.
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, 73, is charged with the same offences as Kirk, also over two years. He has entered not guilty pleas.
Paramedic Jonathan Kirk, 43, who is among those accused of plotting with a husband to drug and rape his own wife, pictured meeting Prince Harry in 2013 after riots struck Salford
Kirk (pictured) is charged with three offences against the woman
Kirk obscured his face and wore sunglasses as he arrived at Minshull Street Magistrates’ Court for a hearing earlier this year
Robert Stewart, 70, a divorced father of two and grandfather who used to be a DJ
Graham Brougham, 73, was the oldest of 13 defendants charged over the attacks
Brougham outside court. A court order preventing his identity, or that of 12 other co-defendants, from being revealed was lifted on Friday
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, 28, 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.
Married father-of-two Alan Keelan, 42, pictured at a football club awards presentation
Keelan covered his face with his hood as he arrived at court for an earlier hearing in March
Dog walker and delivery driver Jordan Wallace, 31, from Stockport, is accused of six charges
Jordan Wallace is pictured outside Minshull Street Magistrates’ Court in Manchester
Mohammed Sabir, 28, is the youngest defendant in the case and denies five charges
Keelan denies two counts of 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, 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.
Unemployed Sean Peers, 37, Stockport, denies he assaulted the wife by penetration and conspired to sexually assault her by penetration between September 2024 and November 2025.
Former Taunton Football Club chief executive Karl Lindsay, 55, 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, 37, of Heywood, Greater Manchester, denies one count of conspiracy to commit assault by penetration and one count of assault by penetration.
Father-of-three Philip Wild, 58, Stockport, a taxi driver, is also accused of six counts
Richard Townsend, 37, denies two sexual offences against the same woman as the other men
Karl Lindsay, a 55-year-old father-of-five, enjoys a glass of wine with his wife on holiday
Keith Fotheringham, 58, who has pleaded guilty to four offences between 2023 and 2025
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.
Police are still seeking one further suspect, a previous hearing was told.
The only defendant who has admitted the charges is Keith Fotheringham, 59.
The twice-married father-of-two is a technician at the University of Dundee and lives in the Scottish city.
He 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.
On Monday the husband, who cannot be identified, admitted five counts of rape, six counts of assault by penetration and three counts of sexual assault between 2022 and 2025.
He also admitted a charge of sharing intimate photographs or film during a brief hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester.
The husband denies drugging his wife along with multiple other charges.
All the defendants are in custody apart from Wallace, Kirk, Brougham, Keelan and Peers, who have been granted bail.
A trial is scheduled to start on September 1 and is expected to last for 12 weeks.
