The shambolic Willy Wonka event in Glasgow earlier this year was one of the funniest viral stories of 2024, but it’s now taken a seriously dark turn with the organiser being put on the sex offenders register after traumatising a woman.
William Coull, 36, called his victim “prey” and stalked her at a property in Glasgow between March 26 and July 2 this year. His disturbing behaviour included sending explicit pictures and messages – with one saying he was a “wolf”.
Coull has since pleaded guilty to engaging in abusive criminal behaviour and has been placed on the sex offenders registers for one year. He’s also been given 120 hours of unpaid work and will be under supervision for one year.
Coull used Facebook, Snapchat and WhatsApp to incessantly message his victim and used “sexual language”, including calling her “sexy”, “sugar lips” and “my wee charm”.
Prosecutor Iain Mathieson said:
“The woman requested that he stop using these names but he continued.”
“Coull sent a snapchat of himself holding his belt with the caption ‘Do you want me to do more?’ He then sent a picture in his underwear with the caption ‘Do you want me to go further?’”
The woman asked him to stop sending messages but on July 2 he sent a Snapchat saying: “I’m the wolf and you are my prey, I will get you.”
Wow, how could she resist? Well apparently she did but Coull completely ignored her requests for him to stop and just carried on texting and harassing her. He was eventually arrested after the woman reported him to the police.
In court, Coull’s lawyer argued that the whole Willy Wonka debacle resulted in a “decline to his mental health” after “significant media attention”, which is understandable but not really an excuse to be sending unsolicited r@pey texts to women.
Following the Willy Wonka saga, Coull had said that his “life was ruined” and he even ended up having to cancel his wedding. Still, it’s not easy sympathise with a guy who scammed thousands of pounds out of people and has now been revealed as a bit of sex pest to boot. Ironic that both things we know about him have to do with his Willy, isn’t it?
On the plus side, there was one winner from the Willy Wonka disaster – the girl behind The Unknown mask landed her first job at the London Dungeon. Result!
