Former Team GB gymnast, 23, faces jail term after sexually assaulting drunk woman, bragging 'I'm going to f*** her'

A former Team GB gymnast has been convicted of sexual assault after he abused a vulnerable and drunk woman, after bragging 'I'm going to f*** her' to his friends. Alexander Hicken, from Basingstoke, who is now a coach at a renowned Hampshire gymnastics school, preyed on his intoxicated victim after she was put to bed at a party in August 2019. The 23-year-old tumbling coach, who had a girlfriend, ignored the woman's demands to stop during the eight-hour ordeal and repeatedly sexually touched her, Winchester Crown Court heard. The disgraced gymnast, who represented the junior Team GB at Loule Gymnastic World Cup in Portugal in 2012, faces jail after he was convicted unanimously by jurors after a four-day trial. Prosecutor Emily Cook said Hicken's victim, who has been left with nightmares, had drunk so much Lambrini and vodka jelly shots that she 'had to be put to bed'. Ms Cook told the court that the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was 'so drunk she was sick every time she moved'. Hicken, who teaches children at Basingstoke Gymnastic Club, sat on the edge of her bed, rubbing her thigh and bottom, and was told to leave her room before he went to the pub.

Daily mail