Former Premier League assistant referee, Steven Wilson jailed for r@pe and s£xual assault after trapping his male victim in his flat

A former top-flight referee has been jailed for r@pe and sxual ass@ult committed in 2009 after evading justice for over 12 years. Steven Wilson, 55, who was previously known as Steven Dorr, of Rowley Regis, West Midlands, was handed a nine-year prison sentence at Worcester Crown Court after subjecting his victim to a ‘degrading and humiliating ordeal’ at his former residence.  Wilson’s victim had been lured by the former official from a taxi rank in Worcester city centre after the man had promised to take him to a party ‘where there are a lot of girls’. The victim, who did not recognise Wilson and had never met him before, arrived at the flat in Worcester to find the premises empty, with Wilson locking the door behind them and trapping him in the apartment. After putting pornographic videos on his television, Wilson then forced the man to perform oral sx on him. He later sxually ass@ulted him. The victim was trapped in the flat for three or four hours, with Detective Constable Chris Hawkes, who led the investigation, dubbing his ordeal as ‘awful’.  ‘Wilson’s victim was incredibly scared during his time trapped in his flat and feared for his safety as he did not know Wilson, or what he was capable of. ‘His awful ordeal lasted for three or four hours as it was light outside when Wilson eventually allowed him to leave the flat.’ The victim had only identified Wilson years later in 2021, when reading an article online which detailed his conviction in November 2011 – as Steven Dorr – for sexual offences with teenage boys.  Wilson was described as ‘devious and manipulative’ and handed a 15-month sentence by presiding judge Patrick Thomas QC after he had attempted to arrange sexual contact with a fictional 15-year-old via text message.  The offence had taken place during an incident which saw Wilson invite two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old to a hotel room on Valentine’s Day in 2010 for a ‘night of fun’.  Wilson had offered the boys money to take part in a sex act with him, and also offered to pay an imaginary underage boy for sex after one texted Wilson claiming his ‘friend’ was available.  Wilson was also found guilty of breaching a sexual offences prevention order (SOPO), which banned him from contact with children under the age of 17, as well as failing to inform authorities he was travelling in a group with a toddler when attending the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.  The SOPO was put in place in January of that year, after he was given a three-year community order in the wake of admitting to 10 counts of downloading child pornography. Wilson had his refereeing career ended by the revelations, which came to light in 2009 and saw him struck off from the National List of Referees.   The post Former Premier League assistant referee, Steven Wilson jailed for r@pe and sxual assault after trapping his male victim in his flat appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.