23-year-old Ian Willett, a convicted sex offender who fled to the Isle of Wight earlier this week, is back behind bars and has been handed a further 8-month prison sentence.
Willett, formally of Nelson Road in Newport, was jailed last year for 40 months for sexual assault, assault by beating and kidnap. This followed an incident on 23rd August 2020 where he attacked a woman at Newport bus station and dragged her towards Church Litten Park. The woman was bravely able to fight back and get away.
After his release from prison, Willett was subject to licence conditions to stay at an approved premises in Waterlooville. In addition, as a condition of his sex offender notification requirements, he was required to inform police of any change of address within 3 days, including if he was no fixed abode, and to register any online usernames with Police.
On 5th June this year, he absconded from his approved premises and Police also determined that he had created online usernames that he had not registered.
Officers conducted enquiries to locate him and on 15th June an appeal was issued to the public to assist in finding Willett, as previously reported by Island Echo.
As a result of information from the community, despite his appearance being somewhat different, Willett was arrested on the Isle of Wight on Wednesday and was charged yesterday morning (Thursday) with 2 counts of breaching his sex offender notification requirements.
In addition to this, he was recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions, to serve the remainder of his previous sentence.
He appeared at Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court yesterday where he admitted the notification requirement breaches and was handed an additional 8-month prison sentence. Willett was also ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £128 victim surcharge.
Acting Detective Inspector Mark Edis said:
“We are very grateful to the local community who supported our efforts to locate Willett after he absconded. It is because of information from the community that we were able to find and arrest him so quickly, within a few hours of a wanted appeal being issued.
“Licence conditions and notification requirements are legally binding, and are put in place to protect the public by ensuring individuals do not re-offend. There are of course those individuals, like Willett, who show absolute disregard for this.
“We invest significant resources into the management of sex offenders and the protection of the public, and take this duty very seriously.
“We hope that the swift action taken by police reassures the community of this, and that we will make every to put those who still choose to offend right back where they belong – in prison.”
Just keep him in prison this time!!!
Someone this vicious abide by rules, please it was a no brainer when they allowed him back to Waterlooville. He is not going to improve, next time he may actually kill someone.
‘Willett was jailed last year for 40 months’ And there’s the problem. Jailed for over 3 years only last year but out and reoffending again already.
Is there no common sense in our judicial system anymore?
No doubt he’ll be out again in a few months. Should serve his whole sentence plus another year or 2
Maybe loose the key!! Piece of …. It’s a shame we don’t have the death penalty ?? ?
He needs to be sentenced a lot longer than that he’s laughing at the law! Maybe he might find in prison someone who hates the likes of this scum?
Chemically castrate this oxygen thief, if he ever attacked my wife or daughters i would hunt this prick down, he wouldn’t offend again i can promise you
I am sure I am right in saying that ‘chemical castration’ isn’t what many think.
It is merely left to the vile low life to ‘take’ every day pills which are supposed to reduce the urge, it is not a means to shrivel appendages of the male.
So unless a surgeon removes them, or, as you suggest a angry family member or friend of the assaulted then chemical use is pointless.
I share your last sentiment fully and swear down I would do the same if it took forever.