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A RAPIST has been jailed for 17 years.
Ivor Rozentals, a Latvian national, faces automatic deportation after he has served his sentence.
Rozentals, 37, of no fixed abode, Bradford, and currently in custody in HMP Leeds, was said to have “degraded” his victim, who also suffered grievous bodily harm at his hands.
He was found guilty of rape, and grievous bodily harm, by a jury following a trial.
He was said to be intoxicated “by drink or drugs or both” during his offending.
In a statement read to Bradford Crown Court on her behalf, the victim said she had experienced mood swings, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm due to Rozentals’ offending, and suffered “disturbing flashbacks”.
She described the impact as “devastating” and “far-reaching”.
Prosecutor Stephen Wood KC said the victim “indicated to the defendant in clear terms that she was not consenting to sexual activity.”
Mitigating, Abigail Langford said a determinate prison sentence would protect the public against further offences, and that “considerable work” would be carried out with Rozentals, who had had a problem with drugs, during his time in custody.
Sentencing Rozentals, who has a history of violence and abuse towards women, Assistant Judge Advocate General Tom Mitchell described the case as “massively serious” and said there was “an element of cruelty” in Rozental’s offending.
He said: “The harm that you have caused in this case” elevated the overall sentence into a more serious band."
He sentenced Rozentals to 17 years imprisonment for rape and two years for GBH, to be served concurrently, making a total jail term of 17 years.
Rozentals will serve two-thirds before he can be released and will then face automatic deportation proceedings.
He must also register as a sex offender register for life.