Leighton Stanley had been arrested for sexual offences when he wrote letters to the decide
A person wrote weird letters to a senior Welsh decide claiming to be the king and calling on him to subject a warrant for the arrest of the “false” King Charles. Leighton Stanley instructed the decide that if he did not organize for Charles III to be arrested he would discover himself being executed for treason.
Swansea Crown Courtroom heard Stanley wrote the letters whereas on remand after being charged with sexual offences in opposition to a lady and a girl. The decide to whom the letters had been despatched stated they had been symptomatic of the 47-year-old defendant’s psychological well being on the time.
Georgia Donohue, prosecuting, instructed the courtroom that in 2003 a baby disclosed to her mom that Stanley had carried out intercourse acts on her and warned her that if she instructed anybody about “their secret” Santa wouldn’t deliver her any Christmas presents. The courtroom heard defendant was interviewed in regards to the allegations to however no additional motion was taken in opposition to him and the investigation was “closed”. Don’t miss a courtroom report by signing up to our crime e-newsletter right here.
The prosecutor stated Stanley subsequently instructed a buddy about what he had achieved and the buddy reported the disclosures to the police. The defendant was spoken to and denied the allegation.
The defendant himself then rang police in 2011 to report what he had achieved. He was interviewed once more however claimed he had been drunk when he made the decision and denied the offending. The prosecutor stated: “The investigation didn’t go additional.”
The courtroom heard in the summertime of 2023 Stanley did a livestream on social media app TikTok from the the center of Cardiff by which he claimed “God is a paedophile” and stated he carried out the intercourse acts on the little woman to “shield her from paedophiles” as a result of he might “odor her pheromones”. He additionally stated he hoped his TikTok video would go viral and been seen by eight billion folks.
The printed was reported to police and Stanley was arrested.
The prosecutor stated following this incident a girl got here ahead to police to report a sequence of sexual assaults beforehand carried out by the defendant throughout which he had boasted in regards to the measurement of his penis and promised to provide her “the time of your life”.
Leighton Stanley, previously of Excessive Road, Glynneath, however now of no mounted abode, had beforehand pleaded responsible to indecent assault of a kid, six offences of sexual assault of a girl, and a malicious communications offence – the TikTok video – when he appeared within the dock for sentencing. He has 13 earlier convictions for 25 offences together with violence, legal harm, medication issues, and driving issues.
Andrew Evans, for Stanley, stated the TikTok video had been made at a time when the defendant’s psychological well being had been at its lowest. He stated his shopper had been on remand for the perfect a part of two years and huge intervals of that point had been spent in well being models. He stated Stanley was now medicated and was again within the jail system and he stated the defendant acknowledges that his medicine has led to a major enchancment in his psychological well being.
Choose Paul Thomas KC stated he ought to placed on the document that the defendant had written letters of a “notably placing nature” to him by which he had claimed to the “rightful king” and demanded {that a} warrant be issued for the arrest of the “false” King Charles III. The decide stated Stanley had instructed him that if he didn’t subject such a warrant he would face execution for treason and stated Stanley had been demanding a trillion kilos in compensation for being locked up.
Choose Thomas stated the defendant’s psychological well being had “clearly spiralled uncontrolled” and the letters he wrote to the courtroom had been an instance of his mind-set. He stated references within the pre-sentence report back to Stanley saying he desires to cease his medicine had been “a explanation for nice concern”.
The decide stated the police’s failure to behave sooner in regard to the kid intercourse offence regardless of “compelling proof” was “an absolute shame”.
With a one-third low cost for his responsible pleas Stanley was made the topic of an prolonged eight-and-a-half-year sentence comprising 4 and a half years in custody adopted by a four-year licence interval.
South Wales Police stated an investigation was launched following the reviews in 2003 – together with a physician’s report – however no additional motion was taken as a result of lack of medical proof to assist the allegations.
The matter was examined once more in 2011 following Stanley’s drunken name to the police however when interviewed sober he subsequently denied the allegations and, within the gentle of proof gathered within the 2003 investigation together with the admissions in his name not matching the preliminary report, the matter was not progressed. The pressure stated a brand new investigation was launched following disclosures made on TikTok which led to the defendant’s conviction.
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