2015: Has now been released and is living in Torquay October 2004 Man jailed for ‘horrific’ rapes A man has been jailed for 15 years for a series of “horrific” rapes and indecent assaults on children. Gary Wheeler, 41, from the Hartcliffe area of Bristol, admitted nine counts of rape, 13 of indecent assault and four of gross indecency. Bristol Crown Court heard the offences all related to attacks on children over an eight year period. Sentencing Wheeler, the judge, Mr Justice Smith QC, said it was “the most horrific case” he had ever dealt with. Wheeler, a barman, has also been banned from having unsupervised access to children under the age of 16. Det Sgt Mark Rolfe, of Avon and Somerset Police’s child protection team, said: “This is probably as serious as child abuse gets. “The defendant has demonstrated that he is very dangerous to children – he was very manipulative and took advantage of the most vulnerable in our society.”