Rape victim tells of hell as fiend jailed

A BRAVE rape victim told of her ongoing pain and anguish as a man who attacked her in a city centre after a night out was jailed.

- PAUL BRITTON

Samir AI Tawel, 28 and from Oldham, denied two counts of rape and theft - forcing the young woman to relive her ordeal at his hands in a court trial.

But he was found guilty by a jury and is now starting a 12-year prison sentence.

The victim, a woman aged in her 20s, compiled a statement that was read out in court before AI Tawel was sentenced, in which she said she hasn't been able to tell her mum or sisters. She said the rape had affected her 'every single way that it could have...physically, mentally, emotionally." Police praised the victim's 'courage and dignity' and said AI Tawel's plea of not guilty put her 'through the trauma of a trial. AI Tawel, from Somerset Street, Oldham, will be subject to the sexual offender notification requirements for life, Merseyside Police said. The victim was raped in Liverpool city centre last March.