Samuel Willmott: Baby-faced bikie convicted of 12 counts of breaching restraining order while in prison

A former Rebels nominee currently serving jail time for the theft of half-a-million dollars he helped dig up from a backyard has been convicted of breaching a family violence restraining order a dozen times in prison phone calls. Samuel Willmott, 24, appeared via video link from Bunbury Regional Prison in Bunbury Magistrates Court on Monday and was charged with breaching a family violence restraining order by repeatedly calling a woman who has a protection order against him. Willmott attempted to call the woman over 20 times between October 12-18 last year while in prison, with some calls resulting in brief conversations. These conversations did not contain any abusive or egregious language, and ranged in topics from asking how her work was to a request to “send pics.” It wasn’t until prison guards caught on to him calling a protected person and blocking the number that Willmott’s behaviour became abusive. Willmott then repeatedly called his mother to request that she pass on messages to the protected person. He requested his mother tell her “don’t stress out” and that he wanted things to be “peaceful” upon his release from prison. However, when the woman stopped responding to Willmott’s mother, his language changed. On October 30 2023 he asked his mother if she had “heard from that b. . . . . “ and told her to “message that c . . . . “. When his mother told him she would no longer respond, he said “what a dog, oh well.” Magistrate Anthony Sullivan said Willmott’s age was a factor in his sentencing, however that was “rapidly diminishing.” Willmott is currently serving a two-year and 10-month sentence for stealing $500,000 buried in a backyard in Gosnells and going on a luxury shopping spree with the stolen money. Willmott had recently complained that he was “bored” in prison and was reaching out for a pen pal to write to, his picture appearing on a Facebook page called “Australian Inmates Looking For Pen Pals”. Willmott was fined $2750 for breaching the restraining order.