Locations
Alexandra Road, Birmingham, B21
Description
A rapist who lured a woman to an address on the pretence of renting out a room has been jailed, after she feared he would hurt her with a machete.
Naveed Hussain persuaded the woman to visit the property in Handsworth, Birmingham, before subjecting her to a horrific ordeal last November.
The 33-year-old locked the woman in a room with him, showed her a machete which she feared he would use, before repeatedly raping her.
After fleeing the area she came across a passer-by who could she was distressed and called for paramedics, who in turn contacted West Midlands Police.
The woman bravely recalled what happened and gave a strong description which led officers to arrest Hussain in Handsworth shortly afterwards.
He was found with a knife in his trousers and a subsequent search of the house resulted in the discovery of the machete.
Hussain, of Alexandra Road in Handsworth, was convicted of rape and possession of a weapon following a trial.
He was sentenced to 15 years in jail and ordered to be put on the sex offender's register for life at Birmingham Crown Court last Tuesday (October 10).