Willy Wonka expertise boss placed on intercourse offenders register after sending chilling texts

The boss behind the viral Willy Wonka experience has been put on the sex offenders register after traumatising a woman.

William Coull, 36, called his victim “prey” and hounded her at a property in Glasgow between March 26 and July 2. His disturbing behaviour earlier this year included sending explicit pictures and messages – with one saying he was a “wolf”.

This came after his Willy Wonka event in February where families paid £35 a ticket to go to the warehouse in Glasgow’s Whiteinch. It was described as a disaster and left children in tears before Coull was forced to shut the shoddy event down.

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.

The court heard how he had suffered a “decline to his mental health” after “significant media attention”.

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”.

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.”

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