A FORMER ice hockey player and TV extra faces a lengthy jail sentence for a campaign of rape and sexual abuse.
Philip Hamer, who had also worked as an extra for TV including Coronation Street and Hollyoaks, had already admitted a string of sex crimes committed against children.
But following a trial he has now been found guilty of a further 21 charges, including eight counts of rape.
In total, seven females became Hamer's victims. Hamer, who 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 told Manchester Crown Court.
Hamer preyed on his victims between 2015 and last year.
"Some were attacked on a single occasion, for others their ordeal lasted for months or even years," prosecutor Simon Reevell said.
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