Convicted rapist back in jail after spending 2 hours with girl, 5
32-YEAR-OLD JAILED FOR BREACHING SEXUAL HARM PREVENTION ORDER
A CONVICTED Hull rapist and paedophile has returned to prison after spending two hours with a five-year-old girl in her home.
Christian Williamson, 32, travelled to Lincolnshire in the hope of starting a relationship with an 18-yearold woman he had been chatting to on a Whatsapp.
Williamson, of Newstead Street, Hull, spent two hours at the teenager’s address in the company of her parents and her sisters, which included a five-year-old.
He neglected to tell them that he was a registered sex offender restricted under the terms of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and a buddy tag.
Hull Crown Court heard Williamson had created the Whatsapp group called “Sexy Babes” which included a number of women including the 18-year-old and her older sister.
On December 19, it was arranged for him to visit their home in Spalding, Lincolnshire, where he met the girl’s parents and siblings.
“The defendant was expressing his desire for a relationship and during his attendance at this address he came into contact with the five-year-old.
“He was playing with her, picking her up and she sat on his lap throughout the two hour stay. He did not make anybody aware of the conditions of his order.”
In 2012 police applied to the courts for a sexual offences prevention order, now known as a sexual harm prevention order, after Williamson continued to message young girls via social media.
Williamson had previously been convicted of raping a girl over the age of 16 in 2005, which he was imprisoned for three years.
He committed two breaches of an SHPO order in the two years after it was applied and received an 18-month sentence after he was found to have 700 messages on his phone requesting to meet young girls.
Judge Mark Bury added: “Subsequent to that, you have a conviction for grooming a 14-year-old girl.
“You and a number of other men were sending Whatsapp messages causing or inciting her to sexual activity and you received an extended sentence.”
As part of his SHPO Williamson must wear a buddy tag whenever he leaves home and police raised questions as to what he was doing in Spalding.
“He became aggressive,” said Mr Godfrey. “He informed the officers that he would remove the tag as a result and threatened to do so to prevent them tracing his movements.”
Williamson returned to court to be sentenced for breaching the order, as well as threatening to damage or destroy property.
Mitigating, Claire Holmes said: “In my submission the risk of harm was very low.
“This was contact with a child, but contact with adults supervising and adults who have affection for that child.
“I do not say that in any way to excuse the breach, because he should not have been there. He should have left when he found out there was a child of that age. The mistake he made was not leaving.”
Ms Holmes revealed that Williamson feared he would lose his job and the healthy relationships he had built if he mentioned the terms of his order.
However, Judge Bury said: “It doesn’t matter whether it was convenient or not. You were fully aware of the terms of your order and fully aware you would be breaching it.
“The problem here is the distress that was going to be caused by these adults finding out that their five-year-old was clambering all over a sex offender who was on an SHPO with a tag.
“The five-year-old was at all times in the company of her parents and older sisters an there is nothing to suggest that you have a sexual interest in children that young.
“Your position is aggravated by the fact that this is not the first time you have breached this order.
“It is clear that you are desperate to have a romantic relationship with a female. Your learning difficulties mean that it is likely that the female will be of less mature years than you and that is why the buddy tag was applied to your order.
“I am clearly of the view that you must be punished for this breach and it is not appropriate to impose a community order or suspend it.”
Williamson was sentenced to eight months in prison and will continue with the terms of the SHPO when he is released.