A VIOLENT thug who attempted to rape a woman during a terrifying five-hour long ordeal in her own home has been locked up after threatening to ‘slice’ her up with a knife.

Dylan Allison forced his way into the woman’s home before launching a violent attack on her while one of her children was asleep upstairs.

During the victim’s harrowing ordeal, the 25-year-old tried to force her to carry out a sex act on him despite her repeatedly fighting him off.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the defendant punched and slapped the woman before threatening her with a knife after he stormed into her home in the early hours of July 24 last year.

Read more: Investigation launched after 'discrepancies' found in police officers' crash report

Shaun Dodds, prosecuting, said the defendant has left his victim so traumatised that she slept with an axe next to her bed in case he returned to her home.

He told the court how Allison launched a tirade of abuse towards the terrified woman throughout the ordeal before violently attacking her and threatening to burn her home down.

The Northern Echo: Dylan AllisonDylan Allison

The victim told police that the defendant then tried to force her to carry out a sex act on him before spitting in her face.

Allison, of Bowesfield Lane, Stockton, pleaded guilty to attempted oral rape and breaches of a court order on a number of occasions.

John Nixon, in mitigation, said his client had no previous convictions despite being made subject of a non-molestation court order.

Judge Jonathan Carroll jailed Allison for a total of ten years and six months for the ‘truly dreadful’ attack on the woman.

He said: “You set about five-hours-worth of abuse, intimidation, threats, violence, humiliation, and sexual violence. You went upstairs and that immediately put her in a state of alarm as her child was upstairs asleep, she had no idea what you were willing to do.

“You were clearly, profoundly under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or a combination of them both, you were acting irrationally.”

The judge added: “During those five hours you repeatedly slapped her to the head and face, you headbutted her at least twice, you humiliated, and you set about your sexual assault.

“You threatened your victim with a knife, you held it to your neck, and you made threats to slice her up and her children.”

Allison was also made subject to an indefinite restraining order and ordered to sign on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Keep up to date with all the latest news on our website, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

You can also follow our dedicated Teesside Facebook page for all the latest in the area by clicking here.

For all the top news updates from right across the region straight to your inbox, sign up to our newsletter here.

Have you got a story for us? Contact our newsdesk on newsdesk@nne.co.uk or contact 01325 505054