A RAPIST subjected his victim to a traumatic ordeal leaving her with fractures to her face.

Raymond Paternoster, of Old Durham Road, Gateshead, was jailed for ten-and-a-half years at Newcastle Crown Court after a jury found him guilty of four counts of rape and three counts of assault.

The court was told how the 58-year-old carried out the vicious attacks last November.

A victim impact statement, read out in court, said: “As well as the physical injuries are the mental injuries; for weeks after I had trouble sleeping due to nightmares of reliving the rapes and beatings.

“As time has gone on I am coping better, I do feel stronger, although some of the thoughts I have will never fully go away.

Paternoster, who was sentenced on September 26, will remain on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Detective Constable Paul Challoner said: “This was a shocking case.”