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.”
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