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| Crowborough Road, Hastings |
A “dangerous” convicted blackmailer, who preyed on a vulnerable Hastings family and demanded payment for so-called sexual favours she performed for their disabled son, has been jailed for five months.
Chantelle Williams, 35, of The Close, Rye, extracted at least £400 from the family after befriending the son, who has a learning disability and the mental age of a ten year-old, outside the front of the house.
On the first occasion she invited herself into the property in Crowborough Road and took the son into his bedroom, where she performed a sex act on him, and demanded payment of £40.
She then returned two to three times a week during the first half of last year, taking similar sums of money on each occasion.
Married Williams, who has a string of convictions, was once sentenced to seven years for blackmailing and robbing a St. Leonards-on-Sea man and was described by the judge as: “A dangerous young lady.”
She denied, but was convicted of two counts of harassing the father and son in their home between January 14 and June 29, last year.
Williams, who is currently receiving treatment for Hepatitis C at a London hospital, pleaded guilty to possessing a small amount of cocaine while in police custody on June 16, this year.
Prosecutor Miss Caroline Mungal told the court a housing officer raised her concerns with local police about what was happening at the family's home.
“There were concerns about a woman constantly visiting and taking money from them and there were concerns about their vulnerability.”
The elderly parents had both suffered strokes and their son was described as “child-like.”
“The father believed £300-£400 had been taken, but it was likely to have been more,” explained Miss Mungal. “She was told to go away, but continued to return and ask for money.
“The son was encouraged to take her into his bedroom and on occasions she exposed her breasts to him.
“She threatened that if she was not given money she would go to the police and the family paid her to go away.”
Sadly the father has since passed away.
A third harassment charge against an unrelated woman, who says she was approached in the street for cash by Williams and handed over £15 before she was followed home, where threats and more demands were made was dropped.
District Judge James Henderson told tearful Williams: “You have shown absolutely no remorse and you still blame the victims.
“This was cynical and manipulative and there were threats and coercion.”
She received a total of five months for the harassment charges, plus a fine of £100 with the alternative of serving one day in custody for possessing cocaine.
An indefinite restraining order was made, prohibiting Williams from contacting the son and attending his family's home address.
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