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A rapist has been locked-up for seven years after his victim recorded the sickening attack on her mobile phone.

Sarbast Fatah had befriended the woman in the days before the sexual assault and invited her back to his Gateshead flat for drinks in March this year.

But, Newcastle Crown Court was told, when she got there, the 24-year-old pinned her down and twice attacked her.

However, unbeknown to Fatah, the terrified victim had managed to record some of the harrowing ordeal and could be heard on the footage shouting ‘No, I don’t want to”, prosecutors said.

The court was told the brave victim then bit Fatah’s genitals before she managed to leave the flat and report what had happened to the police.

Fatah, of Rectory Road, in Gateshead, initially denied raping the woman but pleaded guilty to one count of rape by oral penetration and one of sexual assault by penetration on the day his case was listed for trial.

Now, he has been put behind bars for seven years and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.

Lee Fish, prosecuting, said Fatah had befriended the victim in March this year and told her his name was Adam before he invited her back to his flat for drinks,

Once there, he had a shower before sexually assaulted her and pinning her down and raping her.

Mr Fish said: “She [the victim] had just started to drink and the defendant opened a can of alcohol. It was at this stage the defendant committed the sexual offences, pushing her on the sofa. She tried to stop him.”

The prosecutor added: “She [the victim] realised what was going to happen and, in a some what resourceful way, decided to record what was happening on her mobile telephone.”

The court was told Fatah, who is believed to be originally from Iraq and had been in the UK for eight years, sexually assaulted the woman before she managed to push him off.

The victim told Fatah she was going home but he launched another attack seconds later, pinning her down and raping her.

Mr Fish said the terrified woman managed to escape and left the flat before reporting her ordeal to police.

The prosecutor added: “The defendant was interviewed by police, where she provided the account, which I have just summarised. The complainants mobile phone was seized due to the fact there was important evidence contained within it.”

In the mobile phone footage, the victim could be heard to shout “I divn’t want it” and “No”, Mr Fish said.

The brave victim appeared in the court to personally read her statement. In it she said: “I’m too scared to go out on my own and I only feel safe in my bedroom. I have also been having a lot of flashbacks. I kept seeing his face and him attacking me.”

Fatah initially told police the sexual activity was consensual and denied the rape charges.

However, he changed his plea on the day of his trial after he was able to listen to the mobile phone recordings for the first time.

He has since blamed the attack on “cultural differences” and “not understanding British law”, the court heard.

Locking him up, Judge Sarah Mallett said: “The victim has been deeply affected by what you did.

“She had to leave her home and she needs to have someone with her all the time because she doesn’t feel safe to go out. She’s scared and she has flashbacks and her sleep has been affected.”

Richard Herrmann, defending, said Fatah, who has no past convictions, fled his homeland as a teenager after his father was murdered and had been working cash-in-hand jobs ever since.

He said: “The defendant has contact with distant family and has been trying to trace surviving family members. He’s not someone who has gone under the radar while in the UK.

“He has reported every time required to the immigration services and has explored avenues to remain in the UK.”

The court also heard Fatah, who was “socially isolated”, had been earning £10 a day working in a barbers shop.