{"id":2841,"date":"2025-07-30T03:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/the-former-premier-league-referee-was-jailed-for-nine-years-for-raping-a-man\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:58:25","slug":"the-former-premier-league-referee-was-jailed-for-nine-years-for-raping-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/the-former-premier-league-referee-was-jailed-for-nine-years-for-raping-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"The former Premier League referee was jailed for nine years for raping a man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\">Assistant umpire Stephen Wilson, who was promoted to the Premier League in 2005 under the name Stephen Doll, was sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of raping a man in Worcester, England in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old former judge tricked a stranger with taxi ranks by promising to party with &#8220;a lot of girls&#8221; in his apartment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion ue-c-article__media-video-responsive ue-c-article__media-video-responsive--16-9\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">A difficult choice! Tom Brady finds it uncomfortable to choose Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>Wilson&#8217;s victim was terrified when she was locked up in her apartment, and feared her safety as she didn&#8217;t know Wilson or anything he could do.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wilson locked the man in for three or four hours and forced him to have sex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure id=\"graphic-6824177c46163f55318b45cd\" class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--graph\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Women&#8217;s Football Highlights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Wilson&#8217;s victim was so scared she was locked up in her apartment and feared her safety because she didn&#8217;t know Wilson or anything he could,&#8221; the detective said at trial.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Stephen Wilson was recognized by the victim from a newspaper article<\/h2>\n<p>Stephen Wilson was able to avoid justice until 2021, when the victim recognized him from his other sexual offence articles and reported him to the police.<\/p>\n<p>The former Premier League umpire was found guilty of rape and sexual assault on Worcester Crown Court, and the judge called him &#8220;unning and manipulation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Wilson&#8217;s career as a judge ended in 2009 when he was caught for indecent images for a minor<\/h2>\n<p>Stephen Wilson had a criminal history. In 2009, he confessed to downloading indecent images and communicating with minor children, and in 2011 he was jailed for 15 months for a sex crime related to a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>His 2009 crime cost him his career as a judge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/premier-league\/2025\/05\/14\/68246369268e3e42348b459a.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant umpire Stephen Wilson, who was promoted to the Premier League in 2005 under the name Stephen Doll, was sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of raping a man in Worcester, England in 2009. 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