Zara Phythian and Victor Marke were convicted of 14 child sex offenses, while Marke was found guilty of an additional four charges with another child.
"Although no punishment handed down by a court can undo the lifelong damage caused to the them, I do hope they take some degree of comfort from the knowledge that justice has now been done." The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. According to The Nottingham Post, the latter woman said Marke began having sex with her when she was 16. "I remember trying to copy Zara's reaction at the time because I looked up to her and tried to be like her," the woman said, according to the BBC. She said that Marke then had sex with both Phythian and the plaintiff. The woman told police that Marke told her no one "would believe" her and threatened to harm her if she said anything, adding of the couple, "They always had a power over me," per the BBC. She alleged that Phythian and Marke gave her alcohol before Phythian dared her to perform oral sex on Marke, who reportedly was not yet married to Phythian but to another woman at the time.
The teenage girl was abused at least 20 times from the age of 13, while Victor Marke was also convicted of indecent assault of a second under-age girl.
She told the court she had got the chance to be in films after being spotted at a martial arts competition, and that she now ran a production company and had her own sports clothing brand. Her husband, Victor Marke, 59, was guilty of the same offences as well as four counts of indecent assault on a 15-year-old girl between 2002 and 2003. An actress who appeared in the film Doctor Strange and her husband have been found guilty of grooming and abusing a teenage girl.
Zara Phythian groomed and sexually abused a child with her now-husband Victor Marke.
The girls, who are now adults, reported the abuse to police many years after it happened. - Fourteen counts of sexual activity with a child, in relation to a girl he and Phythian abused between 2005 and 2008, when the girl was aged 13, 14 and 15 She stood trial under her married name of Zara Marke.
An actress who starred in a Marvel blockbuster has been found guilty along with her martial artist husband of grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl.
They told me not to say anything.” Phythian denied the allegations, but the victim was able to describe in detail a tattoo that the actress had in an intimate area of her body. But in 2017 she was arrested alongside her husband when a woman came forward alleging the couple had repeatedly sexually abused her from the age of 13.
'Doctor Strange' actress Zara Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, were convicted in British court of multiple counts of child sex abuse stemming from a ...
Phythian reportedly denied any sexual activity with one of the victims. Their actions span multiple years and repeated occasions involving the same victim. She is named alongside Marke in all of her charges, though he is individually included on four additional indecent assault charges (for actions dating back to September 2002) as an individual.
Zara Phythian from Marvel's "Doctor Strange" was convicted alongside her husband of repeatedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl over a three-year period.
Some of the encounters were filmed, she said. Marke admitted having sex with his accuser, but insisted she was 18 at the time — and that he was alone with her, rather than in a threesome with his wife, as the victim had testified. The husband and wife were remanded in custody and warned that they will get a “considerable period in custody” when sentenced on Monday, the local paper said.
“Doctor Strange” actress Zara Phythian and her husband were found guilty of multiple charges of child sex abuse in a British court, several media outlets ...
The couple was convicted at the Nottingham Crown Court of 14 charges of sexual activity with a child between 2005 and 2008, the BBC reported. Phythian is known for her roles in “Accident Man 2″ (2022), “Tribal Get Out Alive” (2020) and a small role in “Doctor Strange” (2016), the Post reported. They will be sentenced on Monday.
Zara Phythian and her husband Victor Marke are facing prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl.
Marke had branded the allegations as "paedophile s***" when questioned by police officers following the couple's arrest in 2017. The couple had jointly denied the charges of 14 counts of sexual activity with a child, but the jury found them guilty following a 12-day trial. Jurors at Nottingham Crown Court found Phythian guilty of 14 counts of sexual activity with a child committed between 2005 and 2008 - when the victim was in her early teens.
Zara Phythian has been found guilty of 14 child sexual assault offences.
"I remember trying to copy Zara's reaction at the time because I looked up to her and tried to be like her," the woman said, according to the news outlet. According to BBC, the first victim's statement to police was played in the court in which she said, "I knew it was wrong but I just didn't know how to get out of the situation or say anything." The 37-year-old actor was found guilty on Wednesday at the U.K.'s Nottingham Crown Court. Phythian has been convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl between 2005 and 1008.
Martial Arts instructor Zara Phythian, who is known for her appearance in Doctor Strange has been convicted of 14 child sexual assault charges along with ...
He told the officers, "If you're trying to say I'm a paedophile, I'm not." "I remember trying to copy Zara's reaction at the time because I looked up to her and tried to be like her," the woman said, according to the news outlet. According to BBC, the first victim's statement to police was played in the court in which she said, "I knew it was wrong but I just didn't know how to get out of the situation or say anything."
Zara Phythian, who starred in “Doctor Strange” with Benedict Cumberbatch, was found guilty of 14 sexual offenses with a female child by a Nottingham Crown ...
Marke was also found guilty of four counts of indecently assaulting another female child, who was 15 when he abused her between 2002 and 2003. The woman alleged she was “coached” by Pythian on sexual activity. Zara Phythian, who starred in “Doctor Strange” with Benedict Cumberbatch, was found guilty of 14 sexual offenses with a female child by a Nottingham Crown Court, according to BBC News.
Along with her husband, Zara Phythian, who found fame with Doctor Strange, was declared guilty of child sex charges. The couple, awaiting sentencing, ...
In a police interview, the first victim stated that she didn’t know how to get out of the situation or say anything despite knowing it was wrong. In a police interview, the first victim stated that she didn’t know how to get out of the situation or say anything despite knowing it was wrong. She said that while no punishment would undo the crimes done against these women, they can find comfort knowing that justice was served. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). ET does not guarantee, vouch for or endorse any of its contents nor is responsible for them in any manner whatsoever. Her husband, Marke, was charged with four counts of sexual assault from 2002 to 2003. UK’s Nottingham Crown Court chargedZara Phythian guiltywith 14 counts of indulging in sexual activity with a minor between 2005 and 2008.
Prosecutors said Zara Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, repeatedly sexually abused a teenage girl starting when the victim was just 13.
“Both defendants have denied their actions, instead blaming the victims and accusing them of lying,” she said. Before her arrest, she had been a successful stuntwoman, martial artist, and actress. He said that Phythian, whom he married in 2015, had not been involved.