COMMUNITY ‘ELDER’ PAPA B JAILED FOR RAPE AFTER EXPLOITING SPIRITUAL BELIEFS

Bernard Williams, known as “Papa B”, has been sentenced to nine years in prison after using his status in the Brixton community to deceive a vulnerable woman into spending over £13,000 on fake spiritual treatments, before sexually assaulting and raping her under the guise of removing deadly spirits from her body. Williams, 77, a long-time Brixton shopkeeper and self-styled spiritual healer, was found guilty at Harrow Crown Court of rape and two counts of sexual assault following an eight-day trial.