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 in his early 50s, will be released after spending almost all of his adult life in prison.
This is despite the fact that a forensic psychologist has found him to pose a ‘significant risk’ of reoffending because he ‘continues to support sexual violence against women’.
Wilmot has received NDIS support, including up to 24 hours of assistance per week with reintegration 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 in his early 50s and was involved in the 1988 gang rape and murder of bank teller Janine Balding (pictured below), will be released after spending almost his entire adult life living in prison
It is unclear what measures will be taken to ensure the safety of NDIS staff.
Daily Mail Australia has approached the National Disability Insurance Agency for comment.
The NSW Supreme Court heard a report from a forensic psychologist that found Wilmot felt entitled to “just take whatever he wants”, believing some women “deserve sexual violence depending on their clothing, level of intoxication or perceived indulgence’.
The psychologist told the court that the risk Wilmot posed “most likely involved a penetrative sexual assault on a young woman previously unknown to him.”
“Any offense would likely be impulsive, opportunistic and targeted at a vulnerable woman,” the psychologist said.
‘Physical coercion and threats would probably be used. The chance of such a scenario occurring 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 have… a problem” and “This isn’t the first time I’ve done that” . this’.
He later served eight years for the kidnap and rape of Mrs Balding, committed when he was fifteen.
The 20-year-old bank teller was picked up from a Sydney train station by a gang of homeless youths, including Wilmot, before being repeatedly raped.
Wilmot remained in the car as Mrs Balding was then bound, gagged and thrown over a fence before being held underwater in a dam until she drowned.
He has committed sex crimes against women and men, involving at least eight victims, including a woman he beat, tied up and raped at another Sydney train station in 1998.
The judge ruled that the victim was ‘the victim of extreme cruelty and sexual abuse’, which had a devastating impact on her.
In 2019, Wilmot was ordered to remain in prison under a Continuing Detention Order (CDO) despite serving his sentence.
In granting the CDO, Judge Julia Lonergan noted Wilmot’s “appalling criminal history and pattern of offending” and ruled that he posed an “unacceptable risk of committing a serious crime again if not retained in custody under the warrant.” .
He also blamed his victims, lacked insight, had a personality disorder and antisocial and aggressive traits and behaviors.
The 20-year-old bank teller (pictured) was picked up from a Sydney train station by a gang of five homeless youths before being repeatedly raped
Another CDO was granted, but now the state of NSW has been granted an interim extended supervision order.
This means Wilmot could be released under extremely strict supervision, with his movements and internet use monitored.
“The supervision will be at a high level, with the defendant required to adhere to an exercise regime, observe a curfew (9pm to 6am) and wear an electronic monitoring device,” Judge Wilson said.
In 1999, a psychiatrist allegedly asked Wilmot if he thought it was okay to sexually assault a woman.
“You look at it the way the law offers us,” Wilmot replied.
“Under the law it wouldn’t be right, but if you had a hard time with women growing up, in your own mind you’d probably think it was right.”
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten told The Australian the government had an obligation to support people with disabilities even as they leave prison.
“I think the vast majority of people are not sex offenders,” he said.
“As far as their safety and safety nets go, that’s a matter of state.”
Wilmot’s case will be heard again on Thursday.