Ted Hankey

The 54-year-old, nicknamed "The Count", pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing, but the judge told him he would have continued denying the offence if it had ...

I'm very distrusting of males. "This crime has had a major impact on my mental health. You treated her as an object for your own disgusting and deviant sexual desires.

BREAKING: Former darts world champion Ted Hankey, 54, has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage girl in an attack ...

He pleaded guilty to the charge at Warrington Magistrates Court last month His wife is now divorcing him and his children do not want any contact either, the court heard Cheshire Police welcomed the two-year jail term. I find it very difficult to have any physical contact with others.' You treated her as an object for your own disgusting and deviant sexual desires. I'm very distrusting of males.

Judge says Hankey would have 'denied it to the bitter end' if the attack had not been caught on film.

You treated her as an object for your own disgusting and deviant sexual desires. I find it very difficult to have any physical contact with others.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Footage of the attack was played to the judge after the courtroom had been cleared of public and press. I’m very distrusting of males. She cannot be named for legal reasons.

The two-time BDO world champion was jailed for two years having pleaded guilty to the attack in Crewe last year.

But he stopped talking and refused to answer any more questions when detectives told him the attack had been caught on camera, the court heard. Passing sentence, Judge Everett told him: “You genuinely believed nobody would believe her, until you were shown the damning evidence. As well as two years in prison, he was ordered to sign the sex offender register for 10 years.

Two-time world darts champion Ted Hankey has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to the sexual assault of a young woman.

At the peak of his career, he became famed for entering arenas caped in a cloak, and his walk-on music was the 2002 song 'Be on Your Way' by DJ Zany. His last tournament triumph came in 2011, when he prevailed in the Isle of Man Open. His first world title was achieved with a final that went down in darts folklore, as the Stoke-on-Trent born player routed 'The Rocket' Ronnie Baxter 6-0. The evidence she secured of the assault was crucial to this case and no doubt led to Mr Hankey’s guilty plea. Hankey pinned the woman down 'with an air of entitlement' before sexually assaulting his victim, the court heard. He has today been given a two-year jail term at Chester Crown Court and will spend 10 years on the sex offenders register.

Ted Hankey was filmed pinning down his victim before assaulting her "with an air of entitlement".

I'm very distrusting of males. "This crime has had a major impact on my mental health. You treated her as an object for your own disgusting and deviant sexual desires.