Ex-Team GB hockey star who appeared on Coronation Street and Hollyoaks ‘raped and sexually abused girls as young as 11’
A FORMER hockey player and TV soap extra raped and sexually assaulted girls as young as 11, a court heard.
Philip Hamer is accused of preying on six girls in a 13-year reign of terror after grooming them on social media.
Jurors heard the 34-year-old, who appeared as an extra on Coronation Street, collected "trophy" images of his abuse.
Hamer also allegedly made the girls dress in their school uniforms and "prioritised his sexual desires" by targeting adults as well.
Manchester Crown Court was told he met one alleged victim while working on the set of Hollyoaks and "forcibly" kissed her.
The ex-Manchester Phoenix and Team GB star then attacked the woman's daughter, it was said.
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Police first received a complaint in 2011 but widened the probe in 2023 when other claims came to light, it was said.
Jurors were told Hamer contacted one girl when she was 14 on Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.
He groomed her into thinking they were in a relationship and admits having sex with her when she was under 16.
The court heard he "lost interest" but allegedly raped her twice at his home when he got back in contact a few years later.
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Another girl was aged 11 when Hamer messaged her on Snapchat posing as a friend, it was said.
He later demanded she send naked images of herself and allegedly made her take part in explicit Facetime calls in her school uniform.
Jurors heard he raped her when she turned 13 after driving to a "secluded" spot after school to watch cartoons.
Hamer, who also worked as an extra on Little Boy Blue and Last Tango in Halifax, allegedly raped two friends and threatened to crash his car if they didn't have sex with him on another occasion.
Simon Reevell, prosecuting said: "The pattern of Mr Hamer’s offending against most of his victims appears to have been to groom them so that they would feel obliged to forgive him for whatever he had done to them, and to trust him not to repeat his previous conduct.
“Whilst in reality his increasingly demanding sexual requests became the norm. He was able to do this, say the prosecution, via the skilful manipulation of impressionable children.”
Hamer denies 22 charges against him including eight counts of rape, six counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sexual assault.
The trial continues.
