Man questioned over William Tyrrell to face child sex charges in Victoria
A MAN who has been questioned over the disappearance of NSW boy William Tyrrell will appear in a Victorian court today on sex charges.
A MAN who has been questioned over the disappearance of NSW boy William Tyrrell will appear in a Victorian court today on sex charges.
William Spedding is expected to face five charges of indecent assault and two of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years old when he faces the Ballarat Magistrates Court. The Herald Sun reports the charges relate to a girl Spedding knew in the 1980s.
Spedding, 65, has been spoken to by police investigating the disappearance of three-year-old William, but has always strongly denied any involvement.
He even released a video on YouTube where he looked down the camera and told of his innocence and how sorry he felt for William’s family.
“I wish to state that I have had no involvement whatsoever in the disappearance of William Tyrrell,” he said in the September 2015 video.
The child was taken from his grandmother’s home at Kendall, near Port Macquarie, on September 12, 2014, while he was playing a game of hide-and-seek with his sister.
He was wearing a Spider-Man suit at the time.
Spedding, a repairman for white goods, came to police attention because he had been due to visit the grandmother’s home about the time William vanished after speaking to her about a broken washing machine
Police searched two properties belonging to Spedding but found nothing significant, and have previously said he was one of many “persons of interest” in the case they were speaking to.
He has never been charged in relation to William Tyrrell.
His lawyer will attempt to have some aspects of the Victorian charges suppressed because of a risk of prejudice, the Herald Sun reported.