William Coull, the creater of the viral Willy Wonka experience, has blamed online backlash from his event for the decline in his mental health after he appeared in court for sex offences
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Inside the ‘strange’ Willy Wonka Experience event in Glasgow
The mastermind behind the infamous Willy Wonka experience has been put on the sex offenders list after harassing a woman and referring to her as his “prey”.
William Coull, 36, who created the disastrous event earlier this year, has been exposed as a sex pest in court. It comes just months after the event boss went viral for hosting an “immersive” experience in Glasgow, Scotland. Police were called to the Willy Wonka event in February after families turned up to a bare warehouse, with scary actors. The experience was so bad that kids were reportedly left in tears and parents kicked off over anger.
Now, Coull is back in the news again after he hounded a woman at a property in Glasgow between March 26 and July 2. He also sent her “intimate images” and described himself as a wolf. However, he blamed his behaviour on the backlash from the event and said it triggered a “decline to his mental health” after “significant media attention”.
He has since pleaded guilty to engaging in abusive criminal behaviour and has been placed on the sex offenders registers for one year. Coull was also sentenced to 120 hours of unpaid work and will be under supervision for one year.
He used Facebook, Snapchat and WhatsApp to repeatedly message his female victim and used “sexual language”, including calling her “sexy”, “sugar lips” and “my wee charm”, reports Daily Star.
Prosecutor Iain Mathieson said: “The woman requested that he stop using these names but he continued.” The woman “did not ask for or want” what he sent her – which included pictures in his underwear and more intimate ones.
Mr Mathieson added: “Coull sent a Snapchat of himself holding his belt with the caption ‘Do you want me to do more?’ He then sent a picture in his underwear with the caption ‘Do you want me to go further?’”
The woman asked him to stop sending messages but on July 2 he sent a Snapchat saying: “I’m the wolf and you are my prey, I will get you.” He was soon arrested after it was reported to the police and Neil Stewart, defending, said: “He has been distressed with the proceedings and will never do something of this nature again.”
Sheriff Mark Maguire meanwhile said: “She told you to desist from using sexual language but despite this, you sent intimate images and messages of an alarming character. She told you to stop and you failed to desist and sent further messages of a menacing nature. To be frank, it is unlikely that but for the sexual nature of the material sent to the victim, this case would not be here and it is quite possible that it might not have been criminal.”
