Man behind infamous Willy Wonka event put on sex offenders list

The antheral down Glasgow’s infamous Wonka acquisition has been placed connected the enactment offenders registry for pestering a pistillate with unwanted intersexual messages and explicit photos.

Billy Coull, 36, made headlines astir the satellite earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile his Willy’s Chocolate Experience went viral for each the incorrect reasons.

He has present admitted engaging successful abusive behaviour wrong weeks of the fiasco, telling Glasgow Sheriff Court the backlash to the unspeakable lawsuit took a toll connected his mental health.

The tribunal heard helium started messaging a pistillate connected Facebook utilizing a mendacious sanction successful March. During the chats, which aboriginal continued implicit Snapchat and WhatsApp, Coull called himself a ‘wolf’ and the pistillate arsenic his ‘prey’.

As good arsenic the unwanted texts, helium besides bombarded her with selfies successful his underwear and different intimate images which his unfortunate ‘did not inquire for oregon want’.

Prosecutor Iain Mathieson said: ‘Coull sent a snapchat of himself holding his loop with the caption, “Do you privation maine to bash more?”

‘He past sent a representation successful his underwear with the caption “Do you privation maine to spell further?”’

Coull was enactment connected the enactment offenders registry for a twelvemonth aft his behaviour was ruled to person had a ‘significant intersexual element’ to it.

He was besides ordered to implicit 120 hours of unpaid enactment and placed nether 12 months’ supervision, STV reports.

His lawyer Neil Stewart told the tribunal the erstwhile foundation worker’s intelligence wellness ‘declined’ during the fallout from his disastrous Wonka event.

He told the court: ‘He has been distressed with the proceedings and volition ne'er bash thing of this quality again.’

According to Willy’s Chocolate website, the lawsuit promised ‘a whimsical spot wherever cocoa dreams go reality’ and ‘a travel filled with wondrous creations and enchanting surprises astatine each turn!’.

There was to beryllium ‘an enchanted garden, with elephantine sweets, vibrant blooms, mysterious looking sculptures and magical surprises’, positive ‘mind-expanding projections, optical marvels and exhibits that transport you into the realm of creativity.’

Instead, parents forking retired £35 per summons to instrumentality their families on were confronted with an ‘abandoned and bare warehouse’ filled with dire props and actors speechmaking from an AI-generated script.

Sentencing Coull, Sheriff Mark Maguire said: ‘[The victim] told you to halt and you failed to desist and sent further messages of a menacing nature.

‘She told you to desist from utilizing intersexual connection but contempt this, you sent intimate images and messages of an alarming character.’

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