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.
Former Team GB gymnast Alexander Hicken , from Basingstoke, sexually assaulted his intoxicated victim after she was put to bed at a party in August 2019
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.
Ms Cook said: 'On the way to the pub Alex Hicken was making claims about the victim and saying that he was going to have sex with her and then said "whoops, shouldn't have said that".'
He then went on a night out with his friends, where a witness said they overheard Hicken saying 'I'm going to f*** her'.
When he returned to the house, he 'was not finished' with her and went on to sexually touch and kiss her, before he was startled by others coming upstairs.
The 23-year-old tumbling coach , who had a girlfriend, ignored the woman's demands to stop and repeatedly sexually touched her, Winchester Crown Court heard
The victim said: 'I remember waking up and Alex was stood in the doorway. He came in, I asked him what he was doing.
'He said at that point "you just want a s*** or something", I said "I absolutely do not".
'He then went to get into my bed, and I asked him what he was doing. He said he just wanted a cuddle, I told him that he wasn't going to get it from me because I didn't want to.'
Hicken continually sexually assaulted his victim in an eight-hour time ordeal, where he repeatedly put his hand on her thigh and bottom, despite her pleas for him to stop and reminding him that he had a girlfriend.
Hicken also tried to stick his tongue in the victim's mouth after she had vomited and grabbed her body over her clothes whilst she lay 'scared' and 'crying'.
In the two days after she was assaulted, the woman made 27 separate searches on her phone in relation to sexual assault, the court was told.
The searches included 'how to deal with sexual assault,' 'mental health effects of sexual assault and abuse' and 'rape and sexual abuse helplines'.
The disgraced gymnast , who represented the junior Team GB at Loule Gymnastic World Cup, faces jail after he was convicted unanimously by jurors after a four-day trial
Friends of the woman said the incident in August 2019 had 'changed her' and she was 'distressed', while the victim said she still has repeated nightmares.
One friend told the court: 'It was almost as if the person I was so used to being with every other day wasn't there. It was almost as if it wasn't her.
'(She was) quite distressed in a way I've never seen her before. She normally takes stuff on the chin but this had really knocked her, so I knew something drastic had happened.'
The victim said: 'I have repeatedly. For a few months, it was every night.
'They were the same every night. I wake up panicked and have to check that he is not in the room.'
Hicken, who arrived at the court with his social worker, mother, father and deputy headteacher, denied the claims, with members of Basingstoke Gymnastic Club speaking in his defence.
Hicken will be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court in October.