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A Sydney deputy principal seeking ‘sexy play’ from teenagers claims he was drunk while chatting with an undercover officer he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
But prosecutors have rejected Damian Scott Wanstall’s claims because of the time the online chats occurred.
The 49-year-old has pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to procure a child under 16 for sexual activity.
The Faulconbridge man was sprung by undercover police after posting an online classified advertisement on Locanto under the heading ‘Any legal Indian or Filo teens want fun’.
Engaging with an undercover officer claiming to be a 14-year-old girl, Wanstall offered to pay for a ‘few hours of fun’ and was arrested with $200 at a meet-up in Westmead in December 2020.
Damian Scott Wanstall, 49, (pictured) has pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to procure a child under 16 for sexual activity after engaging online with an undercover officer claiming to be a 14-year-old girl
Wanstall had been chatting to a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl on online classified site Locanto – which is regularly used by sex workers – and told her the sex acts he had planned
Wanstall posted an advertisement (pictured) on the website which read: ‘Any legal Indian of Filo teens want fun’
In Parramatta District Court on Wednesday, crown prosecutor Sheridan Goodwin revealed the Kellyville High School deputy principal had told his psychiatrist he was ‘intoxicated’ when he made some of the chats.
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However, prosecutors will dispute an evidence Wanstall was drunk.
Given the time-stamps of the chats were between 9am and 3pm, this explanation was ‘unlikely’, Ms Goodwin told the court.
Parramatta District Court heard that Wanstall (pictured) had told his psychiatrist he was ‘intoxicated’ when he made some of the chats with the undercover officer
Because the psychologist and the police officer in charge of the investigation need to be called to give evidence, the matter was adjourned on Wednesday.
Wanstall made the guilty plea in September last year after an additional charge of using a carriage service to procure child abuse material was dropped.
His online ad read, ‘Aussie daddy seeking sexy play this weekend. Will reward. Can host discreetly Rouse Hill.’
Wanstall was the deputy principal at Kellyville High School (pictured) for more than a decade
While initially responding ‘maybe a bit too young’ when the undercover officer said he was 14, Wanstall allegedly continued to engage, offering money and arranging the meet-up where he was eventually arrested.
A sentence hearing will now take place on April 5.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
