Pervert stole our innocence

FORMER CHILD VICTIMS TELL OF VILE ABUSE BY EX-ICE HOCKEY PLAYER AND TV SOAP EXTRA

- KIT ROBERTS

"THIS is not the end of our pain and suffering".

That was the heartbreaking message the brave victims of sex attacker Philip Hamer told Manchester Crown Court as they came face to face with their abuser.

Last year Hamer, a former professional ice hockey player and TV extra on soaps including Coronation Street and Hollyoaks, was found guilty of 21 charges, including eight counts of rape and seven counts of sexual assault. He had already admitted to a host of sexual offences against children.

Hamer, 34, who played for Manchester Phoenix and also had jobs at Manchester United and Manchester City, was responsible for the manipulation, grooming and sexual abuse of female children in their early teens, prosecutors said at his trial last year.

In total, seven females became his victims and he preyed on them between 2015 and 2023.