AN ABERTILLERY mobile DJ, convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy, had his indeterminate sentence replaced with a two-year term in the Court of Appeal.
Terry John Wilcox, 51, of Woodland Terrace, Aberbeeg, was jailed indefinitely for the public protection at Newport Crown Court in September 2007, after admitting sexually assaulting the teenage boy after a disco in May 2007.
The court heard Wilcox rugby tackled the boy to the ground and touched him indecently. The boy punched and headbutted Wilcox, who broke down and wept and said he "did not know what he was doing."
The indeterminate sentence imposed on Wilcox meant he would not be freed until he could convince the Parole Board he was no longer a threat to society.
The court heard sentence was imposed due to Wilcox's antecedent record, which included the indecent assault of a teenage girl in the late 1980s and breaches of court orders barring him from attending the children's bouncy castle events he organised.
Allowing the appeal, Mr Justice Nicol, sitting with Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Mr Justice Royce, said the sentence was too drastic given the "modest" escalation in Wilcox's offending. He imposed a two-year sentence on Wilcox.
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