Peter Woolley, a 41-year-old paedophile, has been incarcerated after confessing to perpetrating ‘horrific’ acts against a youngster. Peter Woolley, from Bristol, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to three charges of attempted rape of a child under 13 and one charge of sexual assault of a child under 13.
Peter Woolley, who was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Monday, December 2, was also issued a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a restraining order. He was also issued a lifetime prohibition from engaging with minors and vulnerable individuals, and will be listed on the Sex Offenders Register.
The court was informed that, throughout a four-year span, Peter Woolley sexually attacked and attempted to rape the woman in Bristol.
The victim informed her mother in 2020, who subsequently notified the police; nevertheless, the defendant absconded to Jamaica the day following the latest occurrence.
Upon his return to the UK four years later, in August, he was apprehended, interrogated, indicted, and detained in detention.
In a statement from the victim, she said: “I am sensitive to things that never used to worry me. I cry sometimes and get angry and annoyed at little things which wouldn’t have affected me before.
“I like to spend time alone in the dark in my bedroom these days. It is silent and I feel like I am at peace. I sometimes listen to some music when I’m in my room to help me be at peace.
“I feel uncomfortable around men. I am conscious of what clothes I’m wearing and I feel like men are always looking at me.”
Officer in the case, DC Elizabeth Howell said: “I have to commend the continued bravery shown by the victim. No one should be subjected to attacks of this nature, but to have had this happen at such a young age, makes this all the more horrific.
“She has shown incredible endurance and courage over the past few years while we attempted to bring Peter Woolley back to the UK from Jamaica and into our custody. In the end, he returned to the UK of his own volition, but we were waiting for him.
“The judge described Woolley as robbing the victim of her childhood, and I only hope this sentence will give the victim and her family some justice as she continues to come to terms with what happened to her.”
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