Child sex offender Felony Williams fears deportation

A man soon to be sentenced for giving drugs to a child and sexually assaulting a child is worried about being sent back to New Zealand, a court was told.

A child sex offender’s lawyer has told a court his client fears being deported to New Zealand after a prison sentence.

Felony Williams is awaiting sentence in the County Court of Victoria for supplying drugs to a child and two counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16.

The Department of Home Affairs has told Williams mandatory cancellation of his visa had been triggered, his lawyer Raphael di Vietri told the court on Tuesday.

“With his intellectual disability and his need for support, his mother provides his housing and supports him financially,” he said.

“He requires assistance with things like public transport, day to day tasks.

“The prospect of locating at his age to a city or a country that he hasn’t lived in since he was a child is a matter that causes concern for Mr Williams.

“Deportation back to New Zealand is a matter Your Honour can consider in relation to the burden of imprisonment.”

The court heard Williams was separately sentenced in May in the magistrates court to 96 days’ prison for transmitting indecent communications to a child, fined $1000 for committing an indictable offence while on bail, and sentenced to three months in prison for trafficking cannabis and robbery.

He will be sentenced for his latest charges on August 18.

Originally published as Child sex offender Felony Williams fears deportation