Creepy businessman broke into friend's home and performed sex act in her underwear drawer
22.09.2023 - 10:37
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A creepy businessman broke into a woman's house and performed a sex act with underwear he found while rifling through her drawers. Ashley Watling, who had run a successful business before losing much of his money on cryptocurrency, had a key cut and let himself into his victim's home twice.
The second time, on June 15 last year, the 44-year-old was caught by the woman and made excuses as to why he was there. The suspicious woman investigated and found that some of her underwear had been spoiled. She later secretly recorded him admitting what he had done, StokeOnTrentLive reports.
Ekwall Tiwana, prosecuting, told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court that the victim and her husband were long-term friends of Watling. On the day of the offence, she returned from the school run at 9am to find him standing on her stairs.
He claimed he had dropped a jumper off and wanted to use the toilet. The woman felt uneasy and called her husband and asked neighbours to check their CCTV, which showed Watling entering her home.
Mr Tiwana said: "One of her concerns was he had been looking at her underwear. She went to her underwear drawer and saw discharge on them."
She later grilled the creep about why he had been in her home and he admitted he had keys cut from her husband's set, let himself in, and masturbated into her underwear. On June 27, she went to his home and secretly recorded a confession.
During a police interview, he admitted having a festish with underwear and said he was having issues with his wife and with work, and he commited the crime because he wanted to "f*** everything up".
In a victim statement, the victim said she felt betrayed by her formerly close friend, whose actions have left her paranoid, disgusted, and disrespected. She now