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Michael Wilson Pleads Not Guilty, Case Fast-Tracked to County Court

Prosecutors say phone analysis in Wilson's case prompted a separate probe into ex-childcare worker Joshua Brown.

Overview

  • Wilson, 36, entered not guilty pleas to more than 60 charges and appeared via video link from the Metropolitan Remand Centre.
  • The magistrate remanded him in custody after no bail application, with a County Court directions hearing set for December 15.
  • The charges include rape, possessing and transmitting child abuse material, and bestiality, with alleged offending between April 2022 and May 2025.
  • Investigators previously told the court that material on Wilson's phone led police to Brown, though Wilson faces no childcare-related allegations.
  • Wilson also faces a separate set of eight older charges, with a one-day contested committal on February 25, 2026, while Brown is charged with more than 70 offences and is due back in court in February 2026.