'Jekyll and Hyde' rapist is jailed for seven years after Middlesbrough attack

Najmadeen Ali-Waice threatened to kill the woman after their consensual £20 arrangement turned sour, a court heard.

The father-of-two - described as a well-respected family man - suddenly became violent and repeatedly punched her in the head.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the victim struggled free and got help from a man parked nearby in the secluded spot in Middlesbrough.

During a trial last month, the woman described her attacker as a Jekyll and Hyde character and said he had “flipped out”.

She said he seemed fine at first, but changed during their encounter in the early hours of July 22, 2015.

He started to pull her roughly and she told him: “I can move. Just ask me.”

Then he “flipped out” as an argument developed and he grabbed her hair, pulled her backwards and forwards and struck her. She covered her eyes, cried out and pleaded with him to stop.

Prosecutor Andrew Finlay said Ali-Wace offered to give her another £5 if she stopped wailing.

She approached another man parked in his car near Newport Bridge in an upset, frightened and panicked state, and told him she had been attacked and raped.

Ali-Wace was arrested at a house in South Shields, South Tyneside, and admitted taking her to a quiet location and having sex with her for an agreed price, but they argued over money.

He denied two charges of rape, saying he had consensual sex with the woman, but was found guilty on both counts by a jury after the trial.

Judge Simon Bourne-Arton, QC, jailed him for seven years after telling him: “You became violent and threatened her with violence. She immediately complained of violence.”

David Callan, mitigating, said Ali-Wace, of Whitehall Terrace, Sunderland, sought asylum in Britain 17 years ago and is now a UK citizen. He said he set up a business after settling in the North-East, and now had interests in a car wash, a take-away and a number of other shops.