Joe Hempsall, aged 34, who has connections to Spalding and Lincoln, has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment after being convicted of a prolonged campaign of physical, sexual, and domestic violence against his partner.
The court heard the offences took place across a five-year timeframe between 2020 and 2025.
Prosecuting barristers revealed that Hempsall treated the victim “like a slave and a piece of meat”, subjecting her to an escalating regime of control and violence.
The victim was subjected to repeated rapes and severe physical attacks that left her with extensive lacerations, bruising, and lasting psychological trauma.
In one attack, Hempsall carried out a violent rape on the victim’s birthday that resulted in internal injuries.
The violence repeatedly took place in the presence of young children.
On one occasion, Hempsall carried out a violent assault on the victim while a three-year-old child watched, before going on a rampage smashing furniture inside the family property.
The court was also informed that Hempsall had an established history of violence against women and had been the subject of a Lincolnshire Police public wanted appeal the previous year for breaching an active court order.
Hempsall faced a total of eight charges:
- Three counts of rape
- One count of sexual assault by penetration
- One count of sexual assault
- One count of stalking
- One count of assault by beating
- One count of intimidation
Passing sentence, the Crown Court judge handed Hempsall an immediate custodial term of 11 years (132 months).
The court also ordered that Hempsall remain subject to the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely (for life).
Release Calculation: Under UK sentencing legislation governing standard determinate sentences of seven years or more for serious sexual offences, statutory early release at the halfway mark does not apply. Hempsall is subject to the mandatory two-thirds custody provision, requiring him to serve a minimum of two-thirds (seven years and four months / 88 months) of his 11-year sentence in prison custody before becoming eligible to be considered for statutory release on licence under the supervision of the Probation Service.
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