Overview

• Kate's husband confessed in 2017 to drugging her tea with sleeping medication and raping her while she was unconscious for years.
• Despite initial evidence, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) declined to press charges but reversed its decision after Kate's formal review application.
• In 2022, the husband was convicted of rape, sexual assault by penetration, and administering a substance with intent, receiving an 11-year prison sentence and a lifelong restraining order.
• Kate's trauma led to diagnoses of PTSD and a neurological disorder, highlighting the lasting harm of spousal abuse.
• The UK government is advancing the Crime and Policing Bill, which introduces a specific offence for spiking with penalties of up to 10 years in prison.