Victims of a 'predatory' sexual education actor who was imprisoned for sexual attacks said that he 'paralyzed our lives'.
Alexander Westwood, who also played in the doctors of BBC, was found guilty of 26 sex offenses – including raping a teenage girl during acting lessons.
The 24-year-old actor turned out to have had a series of corrupt sex offenses dating out when he was only ten.
Westwood, who played in 17 episodes of the sex education of Netflix, was described in court as a 'supreme manipulator' who used his star row to hunt for victims 'out of habit'.
He was convicted of the Wolverhampton Crown Court in December and yesterday 15 years in prison in the same court to applause from the public gallery.
Some of his victims have now bravely spoke anonymously about the abuse he has undergone them, with the help of names that have changed.
They believe that the role of Westwood as an actor made his behavior possible and he used it to his advantage so that he could abuse girls – and probably 'loved the Limelight' in court, where a victim said his ego shot, Even in the dock.
Anna-Marie, who was then 17, dated the actor when he was almost 19.
Alexander Westwood leaves Wolverhampton Crown Court on November 21, 2024
Sex education actor Alexander Westwood, 24, was sentenced to 15 and a half years
She said he once hit her on his head with an Xbox controller after he lost a video game in a shocking eruption of violence.
During their relationship there were incidents in which he beat a drinking glass and plates from anger.
When they entered together, it was 'escalating and escalating' when he showed more disturbing behavior, she told the BBC.
She said that the police were called to Birmingham New Street Train Station when he started screaming at her in one incident.
Anna-Marie is now suffering from fear and insomnia and has a strong sleep medication to tackle it because she 'grabs and smiles nightmares'.
“It is essentially paralyzed my life,” she said.
Eight years ago Elsie started to date Westwood when she was 13 and he was 16.
After a few months under Westwood pressed her under sexual behavior and sent her links to content he would ask her to do with him.
Elsie said: “He would say things to me if” if you don't do it with me, people of my own age will, “and I didn't want to lose that connection with him because I really trusted it quickly.
Westwood, who also played in the doctors of BBC, turned out to have committed a series of horrible sex offenses that date out when he was ten more
Westwood, who played in 17 episodes of the sex education of Netflix, was described in court as a 'supreme manipulator' who used his star row to hunt victims 'out of habit'
“At the age of 13, the feeling that you have lost your first relationship ever you had – he was the first absolute everything for me – it was frightening.”
She said that when the police became aware of the relationship and arrested him, Westwood assured her that it was a 'gray area in the law'.
'The fact that he once laid his hands on me ensures that I want to die. It's that simple. '
Jayne, who is the mother of one of the victims of the actor, said her daughter started years after it had happened in a family friend trusted that it had happened and had worn the secret with her.
She found out and asked her to write down what happened.
Jayne said to the BBC: “I felt sick to read what he had done to her, and it was a very long list.”
“She can't eat, she can't sleep. Even to this day, she wakes up with nightmares that he is lying on the bottom of her bed. '
“The pain is there forever. He cooks my blood. I hate him. '
The court heard Westwood in his drama class forcing Shakespeare to read and do nude role -lens scenarios.
He also filmed an aspiring actress naked on his iPad, before trying to invoice her family for £ 18,000 when she started missing his lessons after he had sexually abused her.
The distorted sex offender would also create sick 'game shows' with children, forcing them pornography and undressing.
Westwood was described in court by one of his victims as' a very manipulative person 'who ruined their lives'
He will spend four years on license after he has been released, received a 26-year-old restrictive order of all his victims and a sexual damage for the same amount of time.
Public Prosecutor Andrew Wallace KC said that 'sexual predator' Westwood could have been accused of 77 serious sexual attacks, but for the convenience of conviction they were reduced to 26 counts.
His trial heard how he sexually abused a girl sexually, also a boy abused and raped a teenage actress.
The first of the 26 sex offenses relates to his tenth birthday – the age at which crime starts in the UK – when a victim was only six years old.
Westwood, who had a 'fascination' with pornography, also forced a girl to drink his urine during a seven -year -old abuse campaign.
Mr. Wallace said: 'After a long process, the suspect was found guilty of a catalog of crimes and is therefore not subject to any credit.
'In fact, he called his victims liars in a pre-sentence report, which is regrettable.
“He is the product of bad parenting and pornography. He looked at pornography on his father's laptop before the age of 10.
His victims bravely took the position yesterday to reveal the pain he had caused them and how he had destroyed their lives.
Westwood, dressed in a gray suit, grinned in the dock in front of the hearing, while some of his victims held hands and supported each other.
Three young women took turns to read their victim impact statements to the court for a full public gallery and their former torment in the dock.
A victim, who suffered abuse from a total of 36 attacks for seven years, said to the court: “I have a recurring nightmare Alexander Westwood is above me.
“I wake up every time. I am afraid of public transport in case I see him. I am fear at work because he knows where it is.
Westwood depicted outside Wolverhampton Crown Court on November 21, 2024
“As a child I was violated my life. I was damaged myself because I hated myself.
“Instead of turning it off on someone else, I took it out.”
The mother of one of the victims said to the court: “My son said:” The legal system scares me. I never want to see Alexander again. When I'm alone, I am worried about it. “
Another victim sobbed when they said, 'My relationships suffer from, I am not trusting in relationships. I was worried if I was married to him and had children, could I have kept them safe?
'Alexander is a very manipulative person and he has ruined my life.
“I feel it's something that I can't repair. I will have to live with this for the rest of my life. '
When she finally added, she sobbed: “He ruined my life and other human lives and he doesn't care about people.”
Another victim who raped Westwood during acting lessons said: 'I hate to have a shower, I hate to touch myself to wash.
'I despise everything to do with acting when it was all I wanted to do. I started to despise men.
“During high school when the abuse took place, I couldn't see a point of life.”
By talking to the tears, she added: 'I hated myself and everything hates. Because of him. '
