The person chargeable for the infamously disastrous “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” in Glasgow earlier this yr has been registered as a intercourse offender in Scotland for incessantly harassing a girl with specific messages and images.
Anniesland resident William Coull, 36, was convicted in Glasgow Sheriff Court docket after admitting to repeatedly sending unsolicited messages, together with ones describing himself as a “wolf” and the recipient as his “prey,” regardless of being advised to cease, based on a report within the Sunday Instances.
Coull started messaging the girl on Fb utilizing a pretend account in late March. He continued by early July over Snapchat and Whatsapp with messages that referred to the recipient as “sexy,” “sugar lips,” and “my wee charm,” ultimately sending images of himself in his underwear and “more intimate images,” the BBC reported.
“I’m the wolf and you are my prey, I will get you,” Coull wrote in a message despatched on July 2. He was arrested after the messages had been reported to authorities.
Hyperallergic has reached out to the Glasgow Sheriff Court docket and Coull’s illustration by the Public Defence Solicitors Workplace for extra info.
The unique rip-off came about in a bleak warehouse sparsely embellished with lackluster installations and attended by gloomy staffers.
Earlier this yr, Coull went viral for organizing a weird knock-off Willy Wonka immersive expertise that includes AI-generated promotional imagery and lackluster installations in a dreary warehouse. “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” charged £35 (~$44) per ticket and included a melancholy Oompa Loompa and an absurd character referred to as “The Unknown” — each of whom impressed quite a few Halloween costumes this previous October. The sham occasion reportedly left youngsters in tears, spawned hilarious memes, and was shut down by police inside hours. Props from the occasion had been later auctioned off by a Glasgow report retailer to profit Palestinian mutual help efforts.
Citing a “decline in mental health,” Coull’s protection legal professional Neil Stewart advised the court docket that his consumer’s actions had been due partly to the “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” backlash. Coull has been sentenced to 120 hours of labor with out pay and positioned beneath supervision for a yr, the BBC reported.
Stuart Sinclair, who was one of many Willy’s Chocolate Expertise ticketholders, advised Hyperallergic that Coull’s conduct prompted “much upset and hurt to loads of children,” including that he “needs to face some consequences for his constant terrible actions.”
