A Paedophile from Doncaster, Hanzel Scott, has been sentenced to over twenty years in prison for multiple serious drug and sexual offences. Hanzel Scott, 42, of Sovereign Court, Doncaster, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday, 6 November, for the following offences:
- Conspiracy to supply heroin
- Conspiracy to supply cocaine
- Conceal / disguise / convert / transfer / remove criminal property
- Assaulting an emergency worker
- Five counts of rape
- Assault by penetration
- Attempted sexual assault by penetration
Scott committed the sexual offences against two 16-year-old girls in August and October 2022, and officers launched an investigation as soon as the first victim came forward to report his crimes on 2 November 2022.
Officers circulated Hanzel Scott as wanted the following day, leading to him being arrested and charged with rape on 6 November 2022.
Hanzel Scott’s second victim came forward on 16 May 2023, and Scott, who was in police custody at this time, was rearrested for further rape offences.
Hanzel Scott pleaded not guilty to the sexual offences but was found guilty of all seven counts following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court on 23 August.
Officers had also been investigating Scott over his involvement in the supply of Class A drugs between June 2016 and June 2020.
Following a complex investigation, officers disrupted Hanzel Scott’s drug empire, and arrested him for conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin, and concealing criminal property on 9 March 2022.
Hanzel Scott is estimated to have conspired to supply more than £680,000 worth of Class A drugs during the four-year period, and to have concealed his criminal earnings via the transfer of funds.
On 14 June 2023, Hanzel Scott pleaded guilty to the three drug offences at Leeds Crown Court.
On Wednesday 6 November Scott was sentenced to total of 12 years in prison for the drug offences, and a further 12 years for the sexual offences, to be served consecutively.
He was also sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for assaulting an emergency worker, which will be served concurrently.
Scott will therefore spend 24 years in prison for his long list of crimes.
Passing sentence, Judge Reeds KC said that Hanzel Scott was a “selfish bully who takes what he wants by force if necessary”.
Discussing Hanzel Scott’s sex offences, Judge Reeds said that his actions were all about power and getting what he wanted, that he only cared for himself, and that he exploited the vulnerability of one of his victims.
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