Sydney Williams pleaded guilty to breaching probation order

A convicted child groomer in Kingaroy has faced the consequences of repeatedly violating court orders. See the punishment he was dealt.

A convicted Kingaroy child groomer was sentenced before the Kingaroy Court on Thursday.

A convicted Kingaroy child groomer has returned to court for contacting a woman the court ordered him to leave alone just two months ago, under a probation order.

Sydney Williams, 32, pleaded guilty to breaching a probation order on Thursday, June 29.

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The court heard Williams contacted the victim between November 21, 2022 and December 21, 2022.

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Defence lawyer Mark Werner told the court on Thursday that Williams had a history of being back and forth between the Kingaroy Magistrates and District Courts with suspended sentences and probation orders.

Sydney Williams leaving Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Thursday June 29.

Williams was given a two-year suspended jail sentence in November 2021, after pleading guilty to using electronic communication to procure a child under 16 and the indecent treatment of a child under 16.

“He will still be on his District Court probation order and it is paramount to my submissions for his breach offences that he has already spent 74 days in Maryborough prison,” Mr Werner said on Thursday.

“He lives with his parents and now has a very quiet life.

“He suffers from depression, he has a brain injury, a learning disability and is illiterate.”

The court heard Williams’ criminal history mostly consists of domestic violence offences.

Magistrate Andrew Sinclair sentenced Williams to be convicted and not further punished.

He was fined $500.

Convictions were recorded.

Originally published as Sydney Williams pleaded guilty to breaching probation order