September 2014
Man jailed for abuse of seven-year-old boy at park and swimming pool in Bristol
A FORMER Downend man has been jailed for two years after a jury convicted him of tying up a youngster and sexually abusing him.
Richard Wilmot preyed on the boy, who was as young as seven, in assaults at locations including a swimming pool and a park, Bristol Crown Court heard.
When the complainant made allegations to police last year, officers visited Wilmot and found him in possession of blue nylon rope.
The 33-year-old, now of Glogan House Hostel in Bridgwater, denied eight charges of indecency with a child but a jury found him guilty after a seven-day trial in August.
Jailing him yesterday, Judge Euan Ambrose told him: “You were bigger than him and you used that to your advantage.
“It involved hitting, headlocks and twisting his arm.
“You used rope to restrain him. As he says, you had all the power and the control.”
Wilmot was told to register as a sex offender indefinitely and given an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order, banning him from unsupervised contact with youngsters or unchecked internet use. He was barred from working with children and vulnerable adults.
During the trial the jury heard Wilmot tied his victim to a tree in a park near Emersons Green and molested him.
The complainant reported the abuse last year, when he found out Wilmot was serving a prison sentence for making indecent images of children.
May 2013
Jail for pervert who broke court orders
A PAEDOPHILE who persistently flouted court orders by downloading child porn has been jailed.
Richard Wilmot had received cautions, community orders, a suspended prison sentence and a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) for his obsession with young boys and girls, but when police paid him a visit in January, they found he was once again indulging himself.
Avon and Somerset police have refused to release a picture of the 32-year-old, of Stonebridge, Clevedon, despite him being jailed yesterday for 16 months, plus 12 weeks for the suspended sentence he breached.
Describing the images as “abhorrent”, Judge Michael Roach said: “You’ve been in front of the authorities for this type of offence too many times now.”
Prosecuting at Bristol Crown Court, Fiona Elder told how Wilmot was first on the police’s radar in 2008, when he was cautioned for possessing indecent images.
In July 2011, for similar offences, a community order and five-year Sexual Offences Prevention Order with a number of conditions was imposed in a bid to stop him offending again.
But, last April, he breached that order and was given a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, as well as being ordered to participate in the Thames Valley Sex Offenders programme.
On January 30 this year, police went to his house with a warrant to seize his computer and Wilmot told them straight away that there were images of children on his laptop.
He also told them there was a box under his bed containing indecent photos. There, officers found children’s clothes and pictures of children cut out of magazines.
Police examined the laptop and found 328 indecent images of children, six of which were of the most serious category – category five.
Wilmot admitted three charges – breaching the prevention order, possessing indecent images and making indecent images.
Judge Roach imposed a total of 16 months in prison for the three new offences and activated the suspended sentence, which he has already served on remand.
He imposed a new, indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order, which includes a ban on any contact with people under 18, unless supervised and authorised by parents, guardians and social services. He also ordered that he could only use the internet if he was willing to surrender his computer or phone to police whenever they asked to check it.
Mitigating, David Maunder said his client had a “very deep rooted problem”.
