- Ted Hankey was imprisoned in May 2022 for the sexual assault of a teenager
- They had caught him without recognizing the camera while setting a teenager
- The former world champion was released in 2023, despite a two -year sentence.
The former Darts World Champion, Ted Hankey, was released from prison in 2023, Mail Sport understands, despite having received a two -year sentence.
Hankey, now 56, was imprisoned for two years in May 2022 after declaring himself to sexually assaulting a teenager.
Chester Crown Court heard that Hankey had reduced the young woman and, with an “air of law,” sexually assaulted her victim.
The attack occurred in Crewe, Cheshire, on September 10, 2021, with the Court hearing that the victim was between 16 and 18 years old.
When they sentence Hankey, the judge said he would have “denied it until the end” if the attack had not been caught in the cinema.
Judge Everett said: 'You really thought no one would believe him, until he showed his condemnatory evidence.
Ted Hankey was sentenced to two years in prison in May 2022, but was released in 2023
The former Darts World Champion, in the photo arriving at Chester Crown Court in May 2022, declared himself guilty of assaulting a teenager in September 2021
Hankey won the world title of BDO twice in his career, triumphing in 2000 and 2009
'The nature of what you did, the fact that you fixed it, that air of law … you treated it as an object for your own unpleasant and deviant sexual desires.
“Your self -pity on the loss of status and the ability to earn money, I am sure that you will never play darts on television.”
After being arrested on September 16 in 2021, the same day the incident was reported, Hankey had denied during the interrogation committing the crime.
Later he replied 'Without comment' after the video was shown.
When appearing in the Warrington Magistrates on Thursday, April 14, he declared himself guilty of sexual aggression.
Hankey received the order to sign the registry of sexual criminals for 10 years, in addition to receiving a two -year sentence.
Mail Sport understands that although Hankey was imprisoned in May 2022, they let him out in 2023.
It was reported that the Darts player, a father of three children, was in the process of being divorced by his wife at the time he was imprisoned.
During the interrogation, Hankey strongly denied sexual assault, but replied 'Without comment' when the evidence of the video was shown
Hankey, whose dart nickname is the count, was ordered to sign the registry of sexual criminals for 10 years when he received a two -year sentence
Hankey was known as El Count during his game days after arriving at the games dressed like a vampire.
He First he qualified for the BDO World Championship in 1998 and won the Prestigious event in 2000 and 2009.
Hankey also ended up as a runner -up in 2001.
His net assets had been estimated between £ 1 million and £ 8m, but was declared bankrupt in 2017 after not qualifying for tournaments.