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Husband Pleads Guilty to Rape; Football Exec Named Co-Defendant
6/26/2026
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Story summary
- The husband—identity protected—will stand trial in September at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to rape, following the lifting of reporting restrictions that now allow naming a co-accused.
- Keith Fotheringham pleaded guilty to all charges while Jonathan Kirk is a co-defendant.
- Karl Lindsay, Taunton Town Football Club executive who resigned in November 2025 and whose club says it has no link with him, is a co-defendant.
