Ted Hankey: Last News

landed him a two-year jail term and a place on the Sexual Offenders Register for the next ten years.'The Count' was rarely away from the spotlight for one reason or another during his sporting career. He stunned the BDO scene in 2000 when he blitzed their World Championship final.Opponent Ronnie Baxter was whitewashed 6-0 in just 46 minutes, the shortest time ever taken.

darts world champion Ted Hankey has been jailed for sexual assault.The victim reported the offence on September 2021. Hankey, 54, from Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested the same day. He initially denied the assault on April 14 but later pleaded guilty.

Former world darts champion Ted Hankey has admitted sexually assaulting a woman. Hankey - known throughout the darts world by his nickname 'The Count' - appeared before a district judge at a magistrates' court today, Thursday.

Ted Hankey appeared in court on Wednesday after being with charged with sexual assault.The 54-year-old is alleged to have sexually touched a woman in Crewe, Cheshire in September last year and appeared before Warrington Magistrates Court for a brief hearing. He was granted conditional bail until April 14 when he is set to appear before the same court.Hankey, who dressed as a vampire and went by nickname The Count during his playing days, arrived at court with a black snood pulled up over his face, and spoke only to confirm his name, age and address at the hearing.A spokesman for Cheshire Police said at the time of his charge: "The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Cheshire Constabulary to charge Edward Hankey with the sexual assault of a woman."The CPS made the decision to charge the 54-year-old after reviewing a file of evidence from Cheshire Constabulary."The charge relates to an incident that occurred in Cheshire in September 2021."Hankey first qualified for the BDO world championship in 1998 and won the prestigious event in 2000 and 2009.

at the Circus Tavern between February 3 and 6, 2022. However, Hankey announced he would be withdrawing from the tournament last December.

first person to strip naked at a professional darts event.Whilst commentators and camera operators will attempt to pretend that the streaker does not even exist as play is stopped, many become infamous thanks to their antics.With this being said, here are five of sport's wildest ever streakers, including one who provided a naked darts display.It was perhaps apt that the streaker believed to be darts' first ever stripped naked during a match involving cult figure Ted Hankey.The Count was taking on Shaun Greatbatch in the first round of the BDO World Darts Championship back in 2001 when a naked woman disrupted play.She was able to run onto the stage fully nude, waving her hands around before being removed by security staff.The crowd did give her a standing ovation as she was removed whilst the players took a break before resuming play, with the iconic Hankey going on to win.Social media influencer Kinsey Wolanski made headlines back in 2019 when she ran onto the pitch during the Champions League final in Madrid.She was not naked, though, instead wearing a black swimsuit promoting the porn website of her then boyfriend Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, who himself got invaded the pitch during the 2014 World Cup final.Wolanski's antics caused her followers to sky rocket as she gained over two million followers on Instagram alone after the incident.However, she was arrested by Spanish police once removed from the pitch and spent the night in a jail cell.Whilst most streakers do so as a one-time thing, others have instead chosen to make a career out of being a pitch invader.Mark Roberts certainly falls into this category, having begun his streaking career in 1993 before later 'retiring' two decades later in 2013.He did come out of

Ted Hankey had the perfect response after he was interrupted by the first ever female darts streaker on stage at the Lakeside Country Club during the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship.The Count, who came into the tournament as the reigning champion and seventh seed, was drawn to take on qualifier Shaun Greatbatch in a first-to-three first round encounter.With Hankey cruising into a 2-0 lead and stepping up to begin the third set, a naked woman ran onto the Lakeside stage while throwing her hands up in the air and disrupting the match.Despite the champion being willing to play on, he saw how unsettled his opponent had become and agreed to take a 20 minute break after the streaker had been removed by security staff.The woman, who got a standing ovation from the crowd, before being was removed from the premises, was credited as being the first ever darts streaker by BBC Sport.Hankey said of the incident after wrapping up the contest: "I'd just stepped up to throw when I heard everyone shouting."The girl ran across in front of me and then went round the far end of the arena."I was comfortable and wanted to go on playing but I asked Shaun and he wanted to go off.Who was in charge, Ted Hankey or the streaker? Give us your thoughts in the comments section"It's taken a lot off the victory for me. "Everyone seems to think it's a big joke and a good laugh, but we wait 12 months to play here and Shaun's broken-hearted because it was his first time here and he didn't perform."It interfered with the game.

Michael van Gerwen 'channelled his inner Ted Hankey' with a bizarre range of facial expressions after being accused of coughing by Luke Humphries during their second-round match at the Ladbrokes Masters.The incident occurred during the 19th and final leg of their pulsating clash at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes on Saturday night. In a game that flipped one way and then another, Humphries looked to have done enough to close out victory when he made it 9-7.But the Green Machine came roaring back to make it 9-9 after Cool Hand missed an incredible five match darts in the 18th leg of the tie.

and has now weighed in on the video of Hankey that went viral last month.In the clip, Hankey needs 25 to win a leg during a match against fellow ex-BDO darts world champion John Walton.Hankey, otherwise known as 'The Count', readies himself to throw before pausing and talking to himself.He says: "Do I fancy double 12 or double eight? Who's in charge, me or the devil?"The now 53-year-old then returns to the oche and continues: "I think I'm in charge. Fat nine, double eight, shake his hand.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!From Jocky Wilson to Bobby George and Phil Taylor to Ted Hankey - darts is a sport that has never been short of its characters. Even so, few can come close to the extraordinary life of Andy Fordham, who died on Thursday at the age of 59.Fordham, who passed away with wife Jenny by his side, was one of the sport's best-loved stars.