One of Australia’s worst rapists will reportedly receive a support package from the National Disability Insurance Scheme when he is released from prison amid fears he could strike again.
Wayne Wilmot, who was involved in the 1988 gang rape and murder of bank teller Janine Balding and is now aged in his early 50s, is set to be released from custody after spending almost his entire adult life in prison.
This is despite a forensic psychologist finding he poses a ‘significant risk’ of reoffending because he remains ‘supportive of sexual violence towards women’.
Wilmot has obtained NDIS support, including up to 24 hours help each week with reintegrating into society, The Australian reported.
He has a below average IQ and has been diagnosed with a severe personality disorder and psychopathic tendencies.
Wayne Wilmot (pictured, left), who is now aged in his early 50s and who was involved in the 1988 gang rape and murder of bank teller Janine Balding (pictured below), is set to be released from custody after spending almost his entire adult life in prison
It is unclear what measures will be put in place to ensure the safety of NDIS staff.
Daily Mail Australia approached National Disability Insurance Agency for comment.
The NSW Supreme Court heard a forensic psychologist’s report found that Wilmot felt entitled to ‘simply take whatever he wants’, believing some women ‘deserve sexual violence depending upon their clothing, level of intoxication, or perceived permissiveness’.
The psychologist told the court that the risk Wilmot posed was ‘most likely to involve a penetrative sexual attack upon a young woman previously unknown to him’.
‘Any offence would probably be impulsive, opportunistic, and target a vulnerable woman,’ the psychologist said.
‘Physical coercion and threats would likely be employed. The risk of such a scenario eventuating is well above average.’
Wilmot’s extensive criminal history officially began with a sex attack on a woman walking through a park when he was 13, after which he reportedly said ‘I’ve … got a problem’ and ‘This is not the first time I’ve done this’.
He later served eight years for the abduction and rape of Ms Balding, committed when he was 15.
The 20-year-old bank teller was grabbed from a Sydney train station by a gang of homeless youths, including, Wilmot, before she was repeatedly raped.
Wilmot remained in the car when Ms Balding was then bound, gagged and thrown over a fence before being held underwater in a dam until she drowned.
He has committed sexual offences against woman and men, involving at least eight victims including a woman he beat, bound and raped at another Sydney train station in 1998.
The sentencing judge found the victim ‘was subjected to extreme brutality and sexual violation’, which had a devastating impact on her.
In 2019, Wilmot was ordered to stay in jail under a continuing detention order (CDO), despite serving his sentence.
In granting the CDO, Justice Julia Lonergan noted Wilmot’s ‘appalling criminal history and pattern of offending’ and ruled that he posed an ‘unacceptable risk of committing another serious offence if not kept in detention under the order’.
He also blamed his victims, lacked insight, and had a personality disorder and antisocial and aggressive traits and behaviours.
The 20-year-old bank teller (pictured) was grabbed from a Sydney train station by a gang of five homeless youths before she was repeatedly raped
Another CDO was granted but now the state of NSW has been granted an interim extended supervision order.
This means Wilmot can be released from custody under extremely strict supervisions monitoring his movements and internet use.
‘Supervision will be at a high level, with the defendant required to adhere to a schedule of movements, observe a curfew (9pm to 6am), and wear an electronic monitoring device,’’ Justice Wilson said.
In 1999 a psychiatrist reportedly asked Wilmot whether he thought it was okay to sexually assault a woman.
‘You’re looking at it in the law’s kind of way,’ Wilmot replied.
‘In the law’s way it wouldn’t be right, but if you’ve had a hard time with women growing up, you’d probably think in your own mind it was all right.’
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten told The Australian that the government had an obligation to support disabled people even when they came out of prison.
‘I think the vast majority of people are not sex offenders,’ he said.
‘In terms of their security and safety nets, that’s a state issue.’
Wilmot’s case will be heard again on Thursday.
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