‘Repulsive’ beast jailed for raping young girls
A VILE predator has been given a sentence of 30 years after grooming and raping a group of underage girls.
Oliver Wolstenholme will have to serve at least two thirds of a 22-year custodial term, before spending an additional eight years on extended licence upon his release.
Following a 12-day trial at Bolton Crown Court, Wolstenholme was convicted of eight counts of rape, eight counts of sexual activity with a child, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, and two counts of possessing offensive weapons.
During a hearing at the University of Bolton Stadium Nightingale Court, the 36-year-old was also sentenced for three counts of possessing indecent images, possessing extreme pornographic images, and meeting a child following sexual grooming.
The court heard that Wolstenholme met four of his victims in October 2019, after travelling four-and-a-half miles from his home in Ashurst Road, Wythenshawe, to the Tesco in Baguley.
He offered one of the girls a cigarette and told her that he was a drug dealer.
Wolstenholme, who lied about his age, was eventually introduced to three of the girl’s friends.
All of the girls were 14 or 15-yearsold. On October 26, Wolstenholme drove three of the girls to a quiet car park, where he plied them with drugs and booze.
He then raped each of the girls oneby-one and threatened to leave them in the middle of nowhere if they did not do what he asked.
He had sex with one of the victims on between five and 15 other occasions and the court heard that it was ‘borderline as to whether she consented.’
In her evidence, the girl said: “I never said no because I didn’t know what he’d do.” Wolstenholme also kept a knife and a police-style baton in his car and on more than one occasion threatened to kill the girls or people close to them.
When he was arrested on suspicion of the crimes in December 2019, police found more than 1,500 indecent images on electronic devices in Wolstenholme’s home. They featured children as young as a few weeks or months old, the court heard.
After a further warrant in February 2020 officers also found a kitchen knife, gloves, duct tape, a face mask, bolt croppers and a fruit shoot bottle, containing a vodkabased drink he called a ‘glitterbomb.’
While on bail, Wolstenholme started to groom another 15-year-old girl on Snapchat.
He posed as a 17-year-old and used the name ‘T-Dog.’
Wolstenholme also sent the girl a photograph of a teenage boy to make her believe that was who she was talking to.
The girl asked to meet up at a park but when Wolstenholme arrived, she realised she had not been speaking with a 17-year-old boy. She managed to get a friend to call her, pretending to be her mum, so she could escape.
In a victim personal statement, the mother of one of the girls described the negative impact that the incidents had on her daughter’s life.
She said that since being raped by Wolstenholme, she often ‘shuts down’ and she has since been reluctant and scared to leave the house.
The court heard that Wolstenholme had four previous convictions for five offences, including kidnap and possession of an offensive weapon in 2003.
Judge Tom Gilbart described the offences as ‘repulsive and abhorrent,’ as he passed an extended prison sentence. He added: “This was an utterly shocking case. You are a predator and your actions can only be met with a substantial custodial term.”
Wolstenholme will be subject to a sexual harm prevention order for an indefinite amount of time and will also have to sign the sex offenders’ register until further order.
This was an utterly shocking case...your actions can only be met with a custodial case Judge Tom Gildart