A RAPE survivor attacked “weekly” over the course of more than a decade has spoken out to give other victims hope for the future.

The woman, who cannot be named, was repeatedly raped by Poole man Brian Hanmore. On several occasions, she was forced to have sex in front of her children.

Hanmore, 39, started a 10-year prison sentence on his birthday after admitting five counts of rape, many of them multiple incident charges. He denied a sixth count, which a judge ordered to lie on file.

His victim bravely spoke to the Daily Echo hours after the defendant was led to the cells.

Calling the defendant a "monster", she said: “It’s not just me that’s been affected, it’s my family too, and especially my children.

“I’m glad justice has been done.

“I’m frightened to think he could be out in five years, but I want everyone to know who he is so he can never do this to anyone else.

"He is a monster and will go to any extreme measure to make someone hurt."

Hanmore, of High Street, Poole, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court for sentence on Friday.

His victim did not attend the hearing.

Prosecutor Kerry Maylin said the woman was targeted at several addresses in Dorset.

Hanmore often abused her so roughly that she bled, the court heard. He would also put his hands around her throat, verbally abuse her and pull her hair.

Despite these injuries, Hanmore treated the assaults as a “game”, it was said.

Richard Tutt, mitigating for the defendant, said Hanmore is “truly ashamed and remorseful for what he did”.

“He will awake tomorrow on his birthday, and it will be his first full day in custody as he starts a sentence for which he will have to serve a number of years,” Mr Tutt said.

“He has been entirely frank and candid in dealing with the legal team and with this court.

“That is a process which started some time ago.”

Judge Jonathan Fuller QC said the rapes - and particularly those which occurred when children were present - involved the “degradation” of the victim.

“This is humiliation of a kind which is exceptional,” he said.

Hanmore, who wore a blue Jack Wills hoodie in the dock, sat side-on with his hand over his mouth as details of his horrific abuse were read aloud.

As he was led to the cells, he stopped to look over the glass partition separating the dock from the public gallery.

His victim said: “My partner said [Hanmore] would see it as a victory if I were there to see him sentenced.

“I didn’t want him to have the satisfaction of knowing I was there listening to it all.”

She thanked the police for their work in securing Hanmore’s conviction, and urged anyone suffering sexual violence to speak out.

“I’d tell other victims that there is hope,” she said.

“A lot of damage was done to me and there have been a lot of hurdles to overcome, but there is hope.

“I found it.”