Woman charged with string of crimes – including sex attacks on children

A woman has been charged with a string of crimes – including sex attacks on children.

Charlotte Winstanley, 39, was remanded in police custody and appeared at Swindon Magistrates’ Court this morning (Wednesday) to face nine allegations.

The defendant, of Fruitfields Close, Devizes, is accused of sexually assaulting two females and one male during an incident in Morrisons yesterday (Tuesday 6 June).

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On the same date, she allegedly exposed her genitalia and attempted to rob a school bag from a child, and a mobile phone from another.

She also faces allegations of criminal damage by urinating in the exercise yard at Gablecross custody and racially abusing a PC Philip Josnson.

No pleas were entered by Winstanley and the case was sent to Swindon Crown Court. Her next appearnece will be for a plea hearing on 7 July.

Concerned about the risk she may pose to schoolchildren, District Judge Dickens imposed a GPS-monitored curfew that prohibits the defendant from being out of her home between 2pm and 8pm daily.

She was also banned from being on the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath.

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