British film actress Zara Phythian – who appeared in Doctor Strange alongside Benedict Cumberbatch – has been found guilty of grooming and sexually abusing a girl in tandem with her husband Victor Marke.
The latter was also found to have sexually abused another girl on his own.
The Times reports Phythian, who is 37, was found guilty of 14 sexual offences at Nottingham Crown Court while her husband, who is 59, was found guilty of 18.
The court heard the couple met when he was her martial arts instructor, and she went on to have a successful career in martial arts, as a stuntwoman, and actress.
When Victor Marke gave his evidence he admitted sexual activity with one of the girls but claimed she was 18 at the time.
The prosecution said he had engaged in numerous “threesomes” with the girl and Phythian, starting when the girl was 13.
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