A RAPIST was jailed for six years yesterday.
Paul Barrett, 51, was found guilty of two rapes of a divorced mother at his flat after she had had consensual sex with him earlier in the night.
Barrett had drunk two litre- bottles of cider while watching football on TV before he became violent and forced her to have rough sex on two more occasions.
Judge Peter Armstrong said at Teesside Crown Court: "It was not just a case of overpowering her, it was a case of causing injuries over and above that."
Barrett, of The Avenue, Middlesbrough, had denied two charges of rape on April 23 last year.
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