December 10th 2024.
It's a sad day for the entertainment industry as actor Alexander Westwood has been found guilty of 26 sex offences. The charges include the rape of a teenager during an acting class. The 24-year-old's actions have been described as manipulative and predatory by the courts, and he now faces a possible jail sentence. After two days of deliberations, a jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court unanimously found him guilty on all counts.
Westwood, who has appeared in popular shows such as Netflix's Sex Education and BBC's Doctors, was said to have used his stardom to prey on his victims. One of the victims, who was a student of Westwood's, was brave enough to testify in court and relive the horrors of his abuse. She tearfully described how she didn't realize it at the time, but she was a victim of domestic abuse. Westwood would get angry and hold her down, forcing her to bite him to escape his grasp. He would also ignore her when she said no to his sexual advances and would often pin her down by her wrists. She even had to bite him to get him off her. The victim's mother also testified, revealing that Westwood had filmed her daughter naked on his iPad during a lesson and then tried to charge the family £18,000 for missed classes due to the abuse.
Throughout the trial, Westwood denied all charges, claiming he never did anything sexually inappropriate. However, the evidence presented against him was overwhelming, and he was ultimately found guilty after a four-week trial. He will be sentenced in February by Judge Neil Chawla.
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During the trial, the prosecution revealed that the first charge against Westwood was on his 10th birthday, as that is the age of criminality in the UK. They also stated that he had a fascination with pornography from a young age and had repeatedly abused one victim over a seven-year period, even forcing her to drink his urine. The prosecution called him a supreme manipulator and a rotten apple, stating that the sexual abuse had become a habit for Westwood.
After fame beckoned, Westwood met two impressionable 16-year-olds and used his position to abuse them. He even called the police on one of his victims and lied to them, making her vulnerable by stealing her home CCTV cameras. Another victim shared how Westwood had raped her and caused her mental health to suffer, leading to volatile behavior. The prosecution added that there could have been hundreds of charges if they listed every instance of abuse. There were over 10 charges relating to the abuse of one girl, who was assaulted at a house in Walsall. The prosecution emphasized that these were schoolgirls and teenagers, and the thought of asking them to perform naked is outrageous.
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