Post by acnedriver on Jan 26, 2023 21:51:31 GMT
A man posing as a taxi driver who kidnapped and raped a woman at his Plymouth home has been jailed for 18 years.
Yuseab Woldeab, of Wilton Street, convinced the 28-year-old woman he was a taxi driver before attacking her in April 2022, Plymouth Crown Court heard.
Woldeab was convicted on two charges of rape and one of kidnap.
He was jailed for 13 years for one rape, 12 years for the second, and five years for the kidnap.
All the sentences will run concurrently.
The judge said Woldeab was "dangerous" and also gave him an extended five-year jail term on top of the 13 years.
'No self worth'
Judge Peter Johnson said the Home Office would decide if he would be deported.
The court heard the woman was heading home after a night out in the city with friends, and sent a distressed message to her friends after the attack.
In a statement to the court, the victim said she had never had any sexual contact with a man and as a gay female had lost her sense of identity.
She said: "I have been true to myself and that has been taken away from me. I have no self worth anymore."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-64412647
Yuseab Woldeab, of Wilton Street, convinced the 28-year-old woman he was a taxi driver before attacking her in April 2022, Plymouth Crown Court heard.
Woldeab was convicted on two charges of rape and one of kidnap.
He was jailed for 13 years for one rape, 12 years for the second, and five years for the kidnap.
All the sentences will run concurrently.
The judge said Woldeab was "dangerous" and also gave him an extended five-year jail term on top of the 13 years.
'No self worth'
Judge Peter Johnson said the Home Office would decide if he would be deported.
The court heard the woman was heading home after a night out in the city with friends, and sent a distressed message to her friends after the attack.
In a statement to the court, the victim said she had never had any sexual contact with a man and as a gay female had lost her sense of identity.
She said: "I have been true to myself and that has been taken away from me. I have no self worth anymore."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-64412647