Wayne Willis Plymouth Hoe Paedophile has been incarcerated after confessing to numerous instances of historical sexual abuse involving a minor. The events occurred in Bristol during Wayne Willis’s adolescence.
Wayne Willis, residing at Belmont Guest House on Plymouth Hoe, was characterised as “feral” when, at the age of 17, he sexually assaulted a minor who was half his age.
Bristol Crown Court heard earlier this month that, ultimately, the girl’s mum managed to stop contact between them. Wayne Willis, now aged 52, pleaded guilty to multiple accounts of indecent assault and gross indecency, BristolLive reports.
Judge Michael Cullum jailed him for four years and ten months. The judge told him: “Offences such as this have an enormous, life-long, damaging effect. It is obvious, it is unsurprising, that from 13 to 21, there was very acute, dramatic suffering (for the complainant). Her mental health was very significantly affected.”
The judge ordered Wayne Willis to register as a sex offender for life, barred him from working with children and vulnerable adults, imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order designed to stop reoffending and issued an indefinite restraining order banning him from all contact with the victim.
The court heard Wayne Willis suffered abuse himself as a child and went on to abuse the youngster. After showing her interest, giving her sweets and favours he enabled himself to commit very serious indecent assaults on her, the court was told.
Mark Worsley, defending, stressed his client had not used alcohol or drugs to groom the youngster and had not threatened her with violence. Mr Worsley said: “He does not recall the acts. He accepts everything he did. He has expressed remorse.”
The court heard Wayne Willis suffers from anxiety and depression and has heart problems. Mr Worsley said Willis was realistic about his fate after “putting his hands up to the whole thing”.
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