Overview

• A Teesside Crown Court jury unanimously convicted Youll of 26 offences, including rape, serious sexual assault, wounding with intent and indecency with a child under 14.
• Victims described a decade of escalating violence against four vulnerable women, citing strangulation, threats with a machete, forced confinement and prolonged sexual assaults.
• Operation Pandect inquiries launched in 2021 prompted multiple survivors to overcome fear and stigma and report historic abuse that had previously gone unchallenged.
• Senior Crown Prosecutor David Lee praised the survivors’ courage and described the catalogue of abuse as truly shocking.
• The 62-year-old defendant will be sentenced later this month and faces a substantial prison term reflecting the severity and duration of his crimes.