Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs The teenager replied: “I do trust you!”But throughout the conversation, the victim made excuses in an attempt to “dodge” meeting up with Smith, the facts state.After she did not reply to one suggestion, Smith said: “Ok sweet as. Il delete ur number k. Sorry man..bye”.The girl replied “What” and indicated she could meet him the next day.Smith messaged that if they had met, he would have performed a sexual act on the girl, before adding: “Obviously u dnt want anything like that from m3 That’s ok ..I won’t touch u”.One of the “fantasies” he detailed was that he would “climb in her window at night”, perform a sexual act and leave, according to the court documents. When the girl said her window was nailed shut, Smith “instructed her to leave her back door open, and he would meet her in the backyard”.As the pair met in a public place the next day, Smith saw a police car and told the girl: “If the cops ask, I’m your neighbour, OK.”Billy Henry Smith filmed his crimes inside the toilet block with his mobile phone.Credit: Wolter PeetersAfter walking into the toilet block, Smith asked the victim if she wanted to “smoke something”, to which she replied, “I don’t really know?” She agreed after he told her: “It’s not going to hurt you, it will just make you, like, more awake or relaxed.” The facts state methylamphetamine was later found in her system.Smith filmed himself as he forced the teenager to perform sexual acts before she said she needed to leave. The victim later asked for the video that Smith had taken, which he said he would send on Telegram.The girl told her mother, friends and a teacher but “provided little detail as she was finding it difficult to speak”, the facts state. She went to the police that day with her mother.When officers went to Smith’s home to arrest him that afternoon, he “jumped up from the bed wearing no pants” and a phone fell on the ground playing a pornographic video.“The offender quickly stomped his heel onto the screen of the mobile phone that had fallen to the floor, causing the phone’s screen to crack,” the facts state. It was the phone he had used to message his victim.Police seized methylamphetamine and multiple devices from Smith’s home, including phones that contained almost 100 videos of child abuse material, some involving children as young as three.Smith had been on the Child Protection Register after being convicted and sentenced in 2022 over three counts of possessing child abuse material.Regarding the Penshurst attack, Smith has pleaded guilty to two counts of having sexual intercourse with a child aged between 14 and 16, procuring a child for unlawful sexual activity, possessing child abuse material, and failing to comply with reporting obligations for the register by not disclosing his Telegram username to police.When Smith’s matter returns to court for sentencing in May, the judge will also take into account offences of possessing a prohibited drug, and producing and disseminating child abuse material. Smith remains in custody.If you or anyone you know needs help, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (and see lifeline.org.au), 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732), the National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service on 1800 211 028 or Kids Helpline on 1800 551 800.Start the day with a summary of the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter.
