Millionaire who referred to as himself ‘Boss Man’ jailed for 92 intercourse offences
- Ian Elliott, from Pulborough in West Sussex, has been given a life sentence
- Traumatised victims have described him as a ‘monster’ at Hove Crown Court
A millionaire philanthropist who referred to as himself ‘Boss Man’ will die in jail for drugging and raping victims on digital camera after police discovered footage of the assaults hidden in a mints tin and charged him with 92 offences.
Retired Ian Elliott, 71, from Pulborough in West Sussex – described by victims as a monster who ruined lives – was this afternoon sentenced to 23 years behind bars.
Hove Crown Court heard how he drugged, raped and filmed his assaults on youngsters and younger males over a long time.
Some of the boys, all of their late teenagers or early 20s, had no thought what Elliott had performed to them till they have been contacted by police.
Hours of video have been solely found after Elliott – who will likely be at the least 83 earlier than being eligible to use for parole – tried to get a pal to eliminate a tin for mints which was as a substitute stuffed with reminiscence playing cards from his cameras.
Millionaire Ian Elliott, 71, drugged, raped and filmed his assaults on youngsters and younger males
The retired businessman, from Pulborough in West Sussex, referred to himself as ‘Boss Man’ – with the nickname ‘Boss’ emblazoned throughout one among his tracksuit tops seized by police
Elliott tried to cover movies displaying his intercourse assaults on playing cards he stashed in a mints tin
His jail cellphone name whereas on remand was performed to the courtroom, with Elliott heard insisting he wanted the tin to be gone.
Another 75 fees adopted after the playing cards have been handed to police.
Elliott pleaded responsible late final yr to 43 fees embody rape, sexual assaults, ABH, drug possession and trying to pervert the course of justice.
Judge Jeremy Gold instructed Elliott he confirmed no regret or empathy in the direction of the 4 males who he groomed and abused over a 12-year interval.
The decide mentioned this afternoon: ‘You would systematically abused them and video report your abuse.
‘In some circumstances, they have been so intoxicated they might not realise or keep in mind the sexual indignities they have been subjected to.’
Elliott admitted 11 rapes, one tried rape, six extra sexual assaults, 17 counts of voyeurism, one ABH, possession of medication and trying to pervert the course of justice.
He hung his head within the dock at Hove because the decide sentenced him.
Mr Gold mentioned: ‘It is obvious from all the fabric, they might be retained by straps and you’ve got a sexual fetish for using boots worn by the younger man you have been abusing, your self or each.
‘This should have been profoundly surprising for them. Recording of your offending gave you the chance to observe once more to your personal sexual gratification.
‘This was a marketing campaign of degrading and abusive offending over a 12-year interval.’
The decide described how Elliott was obsessive about using boots whereas additionally referring to himself as ‘Boss’ and inspiring his victims to name him ‘Boss’ or ‘Boss Man’.
All the time he was finishing up his marketing campaign of rape, Elliott was a pillar of the neighborhood who funded native sports activities golf equipment and a cricket pavilion.
The married father-of-two turned rooms above the garages at his rural Sussex mansion into a house studio he referred to as The Penthouse.
In greater than 90 hours of video recordings, Elliott carried out violent sexual abuse and rapes of males – usually involving using boots, straps and a wetsuit.
The tycoon edited the movies, rewatching his assaults, Hove Crown Court heard.
Descriptions of his horrific video assortment have been learn out in silence, with the clips too disturbing to play in open courtroom.
When his victims have been capable of cry out in ache or inform Elliott to cease, their pleas have been ignored, prosecutor Rachel Beckett mentioned.
Elliott, who made his cash constructing an workplace provides firm in Sussex, lavished cash, journeys and presents on the boys he abused.
He groomed them with international holidays, journeys in his helicopter and on board his boat in addition to offering money and nights out.
The last indictment in opposition to him had 92 fees together with 11 rapes, sexual assaults, precise bodily hurt, drug possession and trying to pervert the course of justice.
Police discovered greater than 90 hours of video and lots of of hundreds of images on Elliott’s computer systems and storage gadgets.
He initially denied something had occurred in his ‘Penthouse’, solely altering his place when confronted together with his personal recordings.
Ms Beckett instructed how Elliott carried out a marketing campaign of rape between 2008 and 2023, subjecting his victims to degradation and humiliation.
They are seen within the video footage in using boots with their arms certain, whereas in some movies Elliott clothes them in a wetsuit.
Elliott was charged with 92 offences in whole after investigators discovered footage he recorded
Elliott has been jailed for all times after being tried at Hove Crown Court 92 intercourse offence fees
Most of his victims had no thought what had occurred to them.
Elliott used quite a lot of medication on his victims and stored a sharps field in The Penthouse for used needles.
The final sexual assault was an anal rape in June 2017 when Elliott was 64.
An professional described his victims In lots of the recordings as being nearly comatose.
Ms Beckett mentioned: ‘The quite a few movies of the boys being sexually assaulted and raped are distressing to observe. At occasions, one sufferer is asleep and loud night breathing.
‘At occasions, he’s acutely aware however not coherent and seems to not perceive the place his is. He is clearly in ache on some events when he’s penetrated by the defendant.’
Elliott had a digital camera arrange on a tripod in The Penthouse and used straps to bind his victims whereas they have been sporting using boots.
Ms Beckett added: ‘The defendant was well-known with within the village of Wisborough Green and its neighborhood.
‘He was the chairman of the Wisborough Green Sports Association between 2012 and 2018 after which Treasurer till 2020.
‘He took a number one function within the working of the Association and successfully ran the adjoining Pavilion and social membership which performed a key function in the neighborhood.’
Elliott used cash constituted of his workplace provides empire to construct his penthouse, having offered his enterprise in 2019 when it was valued at £3million.
His victims now say they need the local people to understand how evil Elliott was.
One man, who learn his assertion to the courtroom in individual, mentioned: ‘There are years I’ll by no means get again.
‘This monster was not the person all of us believed him to be. I nonetheless, and will likely be for a very long time, be selecting up the items of his mess.
‘I endure from nightmares and I lengthy for the day this case shouldn’t be consuming my mind and we are able to stay a traditional life.
‘I do not keep in mind what occurred and I didn’t consent to it – if that is not abuse, I do not know what’s.
‘Not solely is he a rapist, sexual abuser and liar, he’s a con artist and a monster.’
In a second sufferer assertion, one other man mentioned his life would by no means be the identical after being instructed Elliott abused him whereas he was unconscious.
He mentioned: ‘I used to be drugged and sexually assaulted. It has made me really feel much less of a person – everybody says I’m courageous, however I’m nonetheless embarrassed.
‘I do not know what different folks know or are fascinated with me or the case.
‘The different victims are a few of the strongest, mentally, males I do know.
‘I maintain blaming myself. I’m simply glad I used to be capable of cease one other boy from getting drugged and sexually assaulted or worse.
‘At least there will likely be justice and the neighborhood will know the reality about who he’s and what he does – now he is caught and might’t do extra horrific issues, the general public will understand how evil he actually is.’
More victims have been recognized and police are hopeful they’ll come ahead following Elliott’s conviction.
Speaking after right now’s verdict, Sussex Police’s Safeguarding Investigations Units head Miles Ockwell mentioned: ‘Today’s sentence implies that Ian Elliott will spend a major quantity of the remainder of his life in jail.
‘This is the one applicable final result given the a number of lives he has ruined on account of his relentless marketing campaign of sexual abuse, hidden behind the façade of a reliable pillar of his area people.
‘I wish to take this chance to pay tribute to the bravery of Elliott’s victims who got here ahead to assist us convey him to justice. They will stay with the consequences of the horrendous abuse they’ve suffered for the remainder of their lives.
‘Today, Elliott had the possibility to point out real regret to his victims in courtroom. – as a substitute, by his Counsel, regardless of saying that he acknowledges the hurt he has performed he sought to move the blame from himself onto them.
‘Elliott shouldn’t be sorry for what he did – he’s simply sorry that he obtained caught.
‘Despite a wide-ranging, advanced police investigation, we can not make certain that there should not different unidentified victims of abuse perpetrated by Elliott and I might encourage anybody who does suppose that they’ve been a sufferer to contact police.’
