The actor, best known for his roles in the likes of Sex Education and Red Moon, was convicted of 26 different offences against women and children, dating back to when he was 10
10:06, 11 Dec 2024Updated 10:08, 11 Dec 2024
A star of Netflix and the BBC has been found guilty of sex offences against women.
Alexander Westwood, 24, was found guilty of the offences on Tuesday (December 10) following a trial. The star, who has landed roles in the likes of Sex Education, Red Moon and the BBC's Doctors, was convicted of 26 different offences against women and children.
Actor Alexander was found to have been responsible for a string of disgusting sex crimes, throughout his life, with the earliest taking place when he was just 10 years old, which is when the age of criminal responsibility starts. According to testimonies, the star would force pupils attending the drama class he taught to read Shakespeare naked to the rest of the students.
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As well as this, he would often engage in role-play scenarios from the plays naked himself. He filmed one hopeful actress naked on his iPad.
The woman was also sexually abused by Alexander, and when she started to miss acting lessons, he attempted to bill her family £18,000. This has since been dismissed following the claims being made against him.
Earlier in the trial, it was said that Alexander had raped a teenage actress, as well as abused a boy and sexually abused another girl on multiple occasions. The first offence related to his tenth birthday, the first age a child can be convicted of a crime in the UK.
Netflix star Alexander, who starred in a total of 17 episodes of Sex Education, was described as a "supreme manipulator" in court, who would use his fame to lure on his victims. At a hearing in Wolverhampton Crown Court, Alexander was found guilty of 26 charges launched against him.
Addressing the court, Andrew Wallace KC - acting as the prosecutor - said: "Alexander Westwood is an actor. He is a supreme manipulator.
"All these charges have a common theme, of inappropriate touching and predatory behaviour," he added. "The 10 indictments concerning a girl, the first charge is on the date of his tenth birthday, that is the date because there is not criminality before this age."
Among the other cases of abuse that were brought against the actor were instances where a girl was forced to drink her own urine in a horrific seven-year-long torrent of abuse. Similarly, another actress was "forced to act out the most inappropriate scenes" completely naked, whilst a third was targeted and abused by the star as she tried to go into the acting industry at college.
The presiding judge found in favour of the plaintiff and deemed Alexander guilty of all the charges being made against him. He will be sentenced next February.
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