The person accountable 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 express messages and images.
Anniesland resident William Coull, 36, was convicted in Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom after admitting to repeatedly sending unsolicited messages, together with ones describing himself as a “wolf” and the recipient as his “prey,” regardless of being informed to cease, in accordance with a report within the Sunday Instances.
Coull started messaging the lady on Fb utilizing a pretend account in late March. He continued via early July over Snapchat and Whatsapp with messages that referred to the recipient as “sexy,” “sugar lips,” and “my wee charm,” finally 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 have been reported to authorities.
Hyperallergic has reached out to the Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom and Coull’s illustration via the Public Defence Solicitors Workplace for extra info.
The unique rip-off passed off in a bleak warehouse sparsely adorned 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 known as “The Unknown” — each of whom impressed quite a few Halloween costumes this previous October. The sham occasion reportedly left kids in tears, spawned hilarious memes, and was shut down by police inside hours. Props from the occasion have been later auctioned off by a Glasgow report retailer to learn Palestinian mutual help efforts.
Citing a “decline in mental health,” Coull’s protection legal professional Neil Stewart informed the court docket that his shopper’s actions have been due partially to the “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” backlash. Coull has been sentenced to 120 hours of labor with out pay and positioned below supervision for a yr, the BBC reported.
Stuart Sinclair, who was one of many Willy’s Chocolate Expertise ticketholders, informed Hyperallergic that Coull’s habits prompted “much upset and hurt to loads of children,” including that he “needs to face some consequences for his constant terrible actions.”