A ‘dangerous psychopath’ who acted out his warped

A ‘dangerous psychopath’ who acted out his warped sexual
fantasies on an innocent man has been sent to Broadmoor maximum
security mental hospital without limit of time.

Peter Oates, 29, believed his own delusions that he was a
policeman and that his imprisonment and sexual assaults of a
young man were normal and justified.

Shortly before his latest attack, he had been released from a
three year jail term for the knifepoint abduction of a 15-year-
old boy while equipped with full police paraphenalia.

The teenager managed to run off before anything more serious
could happen.

In his latest attack, Oates used the lure of ‘a job with the
BBC’ to entice a 23-year-old man into a deserted home in Lambton
Road, Raynes Park.

Once inside, he pulled out a gun, ordered his terrified
victim to strip and then subjected him to a sickening indecent
assault, the court heard.

The man was only allowed to leave after Oates forced him to
write a series of letters supposedly confessing to a gay affair
with him.

If the assault was reported to the police, the letters would
be published, he threatened.

At the Old Bailey Oates, of Gipsy Hill, SE19, admitted false
imprisonment, having a firearm or imitation firearm with intent
and indecent assault.

Psychiatrist Dr David Tidmarsh from Broadmoor, where Oates
has been detained whilst awaiting sentence, diagnosed ‘a severe
personality disorder with psycho-sexual abnormalities.

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The doctor added: ‘He had fantasies about being a policeman
and he tends from time to time to revert to a life of fantasy.

‘My view is that if he was sent to Broadmoor without limit of
time for treatment, that might create less of a risk to the
public.

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Judge Geoffrey Grigson said: ‘I am satisfied that he is
suffering from a psychopathic disorder of a nature and degree
that make it appropriate for him be detained in a hospital for
mental treatment.

‘Having regard to the nature of this offence, the antecedents,
the danger of further offending and the danger to the public,
he has to be subjected to special restriction without limit of
time.

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Turning to Oates, the judge added: ‘Mr Oates – you are going
back to Broadmoor.

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Oates thanked the judge before being led back to the cells.

ENDS