Men accused of sexually assaulting a woman whose then husband drugged her for years and allowed her to be abused have described being invited to the couple’s home via online adverts and a swinging website.

One of those accused of assaulting Joanne Young, who has waived her legal right to anonymity, as she lay restrained and blindfolded said he was a young man “trying out things” and had no idea she was drugged.

A second said there was a large “cuckold community” of men who watched their wives having sex, claiming his encounter was “just a sex meet” and she seemed “fine”.

Philip Young, 50, has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of drugging and sexually abusing his former wife, 49, at their home in Swindon, Wiltshire, over a number of years. The prosecution has said he advertised his wife online and “loaned” her out to other men.