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Three months after the sex attack, Leduc, 58, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 slaying of Leanne Lawson and the 2008 slaying of Pamela Kosmack. It’s alleged DNA recovered from the sexual assault linked him to the homicide investigations. He is awaiting trial on the murder charges.

In court Monday, prosecutors played a portion of a police interview in which the sexual assault victim described her ordeal.

She talked about how she had intended to get up at 8 a.m. that morning but instead dozed until closer to 10 because her college class was cancelled. She said she was startled by Leduc’s presence in her bedroom, first asking him why he was there before pleading with him to let her go.

The woman described how Leduc — his own pants and underwear now pulled down — ordered her to her knees after she took off her clothes and held a knife to the back of her neck.

But when Leduc moved the knife, the woman fought back. She grabbed the blade and badly cut her hands before Leduc again gained the upper hand. He dragged the bleeding woman by the hair.

“You’re going to co-operate or I’ll cut you again,” he said.

Leduc then ordered her to the bed and tried to rape her, but put the knife down during the attempt.

The woman grabbed the knife a second time. The two struggled, rolling off the bed onto the floor.

She screamed for her roommates, who weren’t home. Leduc put her in a choke hold; she stabbed him in the thigh, groin and back.

Leduc’s powerful grip tightened to the point that small hemorrages began appearing on her face, cheeks and eyes. Struggling to breathe and feeling like she was ready to pass out, the woman made a split second decision.