A TENNIS player who once played doubles with Tim Henman has been jailed for sexually abusing a girl.

Father-of-three Daniel Sanders, 42, of Merriott, admitted seven counts of sexual activity with a teenage girl and one of causing her to engage in sexual activity when he appeared at Mold Crown Court, Wrexham.

Sanders was sent to prison for six years.

He was ordered to register as a sex offender for life, while Judge Rhys Rowlands also made a sexual harm prevention order and barred Sanders from working with young children.

Sanders was a tennis professional until 1996 before becoming a coach.

Speaking after the sentencing, North Wales Police Det Sgt Jane Bowyer Jones said: "Sanders criminally abused his position of trust and has rightly been sentenced to six years in prison.

"North Wales Police will vigorously pursue those who commit such offences and put them before the courts."