Overview
- Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court imposed the sentence after a jury convicted Hemmings of a 2021 rape in Newcastle.
- He admitted harassment without violence, sending communications threatening death or serious harm, stalking causing serious harm and distress, and failing to meet sex-offender notification rules.
- Prosecutors read messages threatening to burn his ex-partner’s home with her and her son inside, with stalking recorded between February 5 and March 4 this year while he was on bail.
- The court ordered a restraining order, an indefinite sexual harm prevention order, continued Sex Offenders Register requirements, and a £228 financial penalty.
- The victim reported ongoing fear and therapy in a statement, Judge Sally Hancox condemned predatory behavior, and police praised the survivor’s courage in securing the conviction.