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A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO drugged and raped two men at his home in Bristol has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years at Bristol Crown Court.
Nigel Brent Wilkinson (43) admitted two counts of rape, three counts of administering a substance with intent to rape and possession of class C drugs Flunitrazepam (also known as Rohypnol) and Nitrazepam.
Wilkinson was being investigated for offences against a 19-year-old man from Kent earlier this year. Officers went to his home in April to arrest him and found a second victim asleep on his couch.
Avon and Somerset Police said traces of sedatives were found in both victims’ urine samples and further DNA evidence linked Wilkinson to sexual offences committed on them.
During the investigation police identified a third victim – a 19-year-old from Wiltshire, who was also found to have traces of sedatives in his system.
Officers are continuing to investigate Wilkinson’s background. They have appealed to anyone who has been in a relationship with him or has had contact with him though his photography work or dating websites to contact them.
Detective Constable Stacey Matthews said: Wilkinson “promoted himself as a male fitness photographer and last summer set up an online enterprise called WilkoPhotography”.
“He’d use social media to identify men he wanted to photograph and would invite them to Bristol for a photoshoot.
The men would often stay at his home and throughout their visit he would ply them with alcoholic drinks, some of which were laced with sedatives.
Matthews said the investigation began in February, when Kent Police were called by the girlfriend of the 19-year-old victim who received a concerning text message from him saying he believed he’d been drugged.
“We went to Wilkinson’s home and found the victim inside. He was taken to hospital and tests were carried out which found traces of a sedative in his system.
“He attended a sexual assault referral centre for more tests and our investigation continued, resulting in officers attending Wilkinson’s home in April to arrest him.
“When they arrived, they found a 23-year-old man asleep on the sofa. He was also taken to hospital and then the Bridge Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Bristol. There was evidence he’d been drugged and raped.
The victims have shown immense bravery, dignity and courage throughout our investigation and I’d like to thank them for the support they’ve given the investigation team. These crimes have had a significant impact on them and their families.
Matthews said police believe there are more victims and urged them to come forward.
Improving services
PC Mike Steven, who is leading Avon and Somerset’s ongoing campaign to raise awareness of male rape and sexual assault, said: “The circumstances of this case are truly horrifying.
“The victims have all attended sexual assault referral centres and are being given continual access to any expert services they may need now or in the future.
I’d encourage any other victim of Nigel WIlkinson to come forward and speak to us. We’re always here and ready to listen to, believe and respect victims.
“Our vital work to change perceptions and improve our response to male victims of rape or sexual assault is continuing to evolve and I hope it’s encouraging more victims to find the strength to come forward.
“If you don’t want to speak to the police, please speak to someone. Don’t suffer in silence.”
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The more I read and research, the more I think the EU is a scam, and our boys have fallen for it hook, line and sinker.
what did you find in your research?
They all genuinely believed in it.
Most external economists pointed out the inherent flaws and problems it would cause, famous noble economist Milton Friedman, wrote a prescient article in the late 90′s outlining why.
It reads like a summary of the last 15 years.
Germany, France, Italy, Holland are all locked in to sub-par or zero growth as far as the eye can see.
The continent will be long burst before the current strategy delivers.
The project itself is flawed, not just the regulation.
And the scam continues
The EU is a disaster. It’s only a matter of time until ‘the rules’ don’t suit the big guys anymore and then BANG little old Ireland having taken the hit for so long will be back in the mire due to ‘unforeseen crisis’ watch this space. It’s shagged.
Certainly the larger states have a habit of ignoring EU directives or having laws fudged for them.
However the Euro has destroyed their growth as well.
Germany, Holland, France, Italy all have had sub par growth or decline for 15 years.
All have seen trade with each other decline in since Euro came in.
Think that’s bad, check out EU’s own growth predications for the next 10 years… Then look at Youth unemployment figures across the med and here right now. EU bang on about tough decisions etc etc, the real tough decision that needs to be made is for somebody to admit this is a failure sooner rather than later.
Yet no one will talk about them.
The Eurozone is an economic disaster for internal trade, jobs, growth, etc etc.
It is destroying the North of Europe as surely as the South, just at a slower pace and their exports are hiding it.
We are going to have to wait a few more years, the Eurozone and EU have a cult following and loyalty.
They can’t fix it, the devaluations to bring the disparate forces in to line would destroy demand and employment in most of the continent for decades to come.
If I ever meet anyone who admits to voting for Brian Hayes I will slap them. The cost of this monster has been €8000 per head. This elephant can’t be fed and we are killing ourselves and starving our children trying.
Where do you get the €8000 per head figure from?
Ireland has paid 42% of the total cost of the European banking crisis, at a cost of close to €9,000 per person, according to Eurostat.
That’s were I got figure
“Ireland has paid 42% of the total cost of the European banking crisis, at a cost of close to €9,000 per person, according to Eurostat.”
Germany’s bank bailout cost her ~€300 billion.
Ireland’s cost her ~€65 billion.
65 billion isn’t even 25% of 300 billion.
If we didn’t even pay for a quarter of Germany’s bank bailout, how could we have paid for 42% of the whole of Europe’s.
The 42% figure is propagated by people who either can’t interpret figures correctly or more deviously, people with an agenda for whom fact does not matter.
Every single Eastern European capital has mover closer to the Viennese standard of living except Slovenia’s. Key difference, it is in the Euro.
For 15 years the Eurozone has had problems with growth, half of it has been chronic.
The ECB itself does not predict any decent growth this decade, especially in the well run North of it.
There is something far deeper wrong here than just the banking regulation.
no matter how fast you spin it this is bad news and further ties us into Euro and EU, no accountability, it means things like MARP can’t happen in response to national crises and this model is untested. It means a regulator is unaccountable and not appointed by elected government. The ECB is also not accountable and the name is as miss leading. The Emperor has no clothes.
Jobs for the boys on a European scale! All looking out for themselves!
Job for which boys? Banking regulators? Oh gawd…
An Irish politician educating us on how banks work….isn’t that a contradiction!
Most of Europe’s banks at the time were broke as well, including German ones.
They just let us take the hit and later on flooded their own ones with cheap LTRO trillions.
You have Germans telling us they are an economic miracle with 2% growth. Holland is a stable success story with bare growth for 10 years.
Sick parody.
He’s educating us about banking supervision – not how banks work.
@ Seanie: With aging populations and shrinking workforces, where exactly is the new growth going to come from?
” new pan-eurozone Single Supervisory Mechanism. ” – & so, the plot thickens…
“Staff working on the Supervisory Mechanism will not be entitled to regulate banks in their home country.”
Imagine if this had been the case in Celtic Tiger Ireland…
“Let’s remember that the financial crisis was truly European in nature and to eradicate potential future contagion, we need to develop a unified European approach.” Really????
So when people spoke out about the EU not being fit for purpose Brian, you told us it was a global issue/crisis starting with Lehman Brothers…No???
I for one certainly agree that most of our current problems are “truly European in nature”, but not exclusively. Cowards in FF, FG and LB also share that accolade.
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