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Ex-Swindon Councillor Guilty of Child Images, Assaults

5/2/2026

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Philip Young, former Swindon councillor, pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court to indecent child images.
He also admitted 14 voyeurism counts, seven penetrative assaults, four sexual assaults and 500 obscene articles from 2010-2024.
Dean Hamilton pleaded guilty in February to raping Joanne Young, with four other men slated for trial in October.
The abuse spanned over a decade, prompting Philip Young's resignation from the council in May 2010.

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Philip Young, former Swindon councillor, pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court to indecent child images.
He also admitted 14 voyeurism counts, seven penetrative assaults, four sexual assaults and 500 obscene articles from 2010-2024.
Dean Hamilton pleaded guilty in February to raping Joanne Young, with four other men slated for trial in October.
The abuse spanned over a decade, prompting Philip Young's resignation from the council in May 2010.