Elderly woman to be extradited to UK on charges of assisting rape of own daughter

An elderly woman who had difficulty “staying wide awake” during High Court proceedings is to be surrendered to the UK where she faces charges of allegedly assisting in the rape of her daughter 40 years ago.

An elderly woman who had difficulty “staying wide awake” during High Court proceedings is to be surrendered to the UK where she faces charges of allegedly assisting in the rape of her daughter 40 years ago.

The UK citizen cannot be identified for legal reasons, is accused of indecently assaulting her daughter and jointly raping her with her then husband at addresses in West Sussex and Devon on dates in the late 1970s. The complainant was aged between 10 and 15 at the time of the alleged offences, which were first reported in 2013.