The Monster in the Cabinet: When ‘Family Values’ Mask Systematic Torture.
In May 2010, Philip Young stood before his constituents and resigned as Swindon’s Cabinet Member for Culture, Regeneration and Economic Development. His reason was noble, even touching. He needed, he claimed, to “devote more time” to his family. “I don’t think it is fair on my family,” he told the local press, “to put them bottom of that priority list.“
We now know exactly what he meant by priorities…
For the next 14 years, this respectable conservative politician did not cherish his wife, Joanne Young. He enslaved her. He drugged her. He raped her. And, in a grotesque parody of the free-market principles he once championed, he reportedly outsourced her abuse to a network of other men.
On Friday, at Winchester Crown Court, the mask finally slipped. The details are not merely criminal; they are a harrowing indictment of how easily status, wealth, and the veneer of “respectability” can hide the most depraved forms of barbarism.
A Catalogue of Depravity
The sheer scale of the abuse Young admitted to is difficult to comprehend. In a monotone roll call of sadism, he pleaded guilty to nearly 50 separate offences committed between 2010 and 2024.
We now know exactly what he meant by priorities…
For the next 14 years, this respectable conservative politician did not cherish his wife, Joanne Young. He enslaved her. He drugged her. He raped her. And, in a grotesque parody of the free-market principles he once championed, he reportedly outsourced her abuse to a network of other men.
On Friday, at Winchester Crown Court, the mask finally slipped. The details are not merely criminal; they are a harrowing indictment of how easily status, wealth, and the veneer of “respectability” can hide the most depraved forms of barbarism.
A Catalogue of Depravity
The sheer scale of the abuse Young admitted to is difficult to comprehend. In a monotone roll call of sadism, he pleaded guilty to nearly 50 separate offences committed between 2010 and 2024.
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