In 2026, the Offender Register reported that Joel Hanby, 43, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for sexual assault by penetration of a minor.
Hanby initiated sexual misconduct against the survivor, a girl who was acquainted with him, at the age of seven or eight. She summoned the fortitude to inform a teacher at her school of the sexual abuse in March 2023.
The school notified the police, and Hanby was apprehended the following day.
The police interviewed Hanby on three separate occasions.
Each time, he attempted to divert responsibility from himself by implying that the survivor had a drinking problem, suggesting that one of her friends was a negative influence who may have encouraged her to lie, and asserting that the survivor lied more frequently than the majority of children.
Hanby, of Frimley Green, was convicted of two counts of assault by penetration of a minor under the age of 13 after a trial at Guildford Crown Court.
Upon his release from prison, provided that he has served a minimum term of 10 years, he will be subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and an indefinite restraining order to prevent further contact with the victim or her family.
In her background statement for court, the survivor’s mum recounted the impact of Hanby’s abuse on her young daughter, describing the effects on her sleep, mood, and relationship with her family.
She stressed the significant contrast in her daughter’s character after enduring such trauma with the “younger, lively, bubbly, active, and light-hearted” person she was before the abuse.
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