Suspect in ‘drugging and raping’ of woman messaged husband to say ‘delete me from your life’ hours after visit

People queue to enter Minshull Street Crown Court (Picture: Reuters)

A man on trial over the drugging and raping of a woman by her husband messaged him saying, ‘Remember what happened to the guy in France’, a court has heard.

Robert Stewart, 70, is among nine men on trial over allegations he took part in the abuse of a woman by her husband.

The husband, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his wife, took pleasure that she was unaware of their offending as part of their ‘barbaric...