He has been jailed for more than 26 years.
Prosecuting, Anne Richardson, called his performance ‘Oscar-winning’ and branded him a ‘complete fraud,’ while his wife Wendy Stephenson, 68, helped his deception.Ms Richardson said when Stephenson’s victim came forward in 2015, police didn’t interview him at first due to his ‘supposed cognitive impairment’.
When the couple appeared before a judge in 2016, Stephenson was pushed around court in a wheelchair and ‘presented as someone who was completely incapable of comprehending anything, let alone court proceedings’.A defending psychiatrist had a consultation with him but his wife provided all the required information and claimed it was impossible to interview him ‘due to his level of distress and lack of communication’.
His wife was given three years and 10 months after she admitted perverting the course of justice and two sexual offences. Tony Hawks, defending her, said she was subjected to her husband’s coercive and controlling behaviour.He added: ‘It has been manifestly exaggerated by you for prolonged periods and it is difficult to unpick the layers.’
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