Description A convicted sex offender who assaulted a child in Gillingham has been handed a further prison sentence. Ben Hanger, 34, of St Agnes Gardens, Sheerness, was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday 4 December to four years in jail after he admitted sexual assault against a girl under 13 and inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity. He was also ordered to serve an additional five years on licence. He abused the young girl at a property between 2016 and 2017 and the offences were reported to Kent Police in 2021. He was arrested at HMP Elmley, where he is serving a 15-year extended sentence after he was convicted following a trial in December 2022. He was jailed after he attempted to kidnap a schoolgirl in January 2021. This additional sentencing will be added to his total years to serve.