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| Beeston rape: Zdenko Turtak handed a 20 year sentence | |
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| A man who raped and badly beat an 18-year-old woman who was waiting at a bus stop has been sentenced to 20 years. | A man who raped and badly beat an 18-year-old woman who was waiting at a bus stop has been sentenced to 20 years. |
| The woman was on Beeston Road, Leeds on 6 March when Zdenko Turtak dragged her into a garden and repeatedly hit her on the head with a rock. | The woman was on Beeston Road, Leeds on 6 March when Zdenko Turtak dragged her into a garden and repeatedly hit her on the head with a rock. |
| The 22-year-old fled the UK to his native Slovakia, but was tracked down and extradited back to the UK. | The 22-year-old fled the UK to his native Slovakia, but was tracked down and extradited back to the UK. |
| He admitted rape and grievous bodily harm and was jailed for 14 years plus six on licence at Leeds Crown Court. | |
| The court heard Turtak may have been high on a glue-like substance when he snatched his victim from the bus stop and brutally raped her, clubbing her 18 times with a rock and leaving her for dead. | The court heard Turtak may have been high on a glue-like substance when he snatched his victim from the bus stop and brutally raped her, clubbing her 18 times with a rock and leaving her for dead. |
| The 22-year-old Slovakian Roma, left his 18-year-old victim with serious head injuries during the "appalling attack" which has had a "catastrophic effect" on the woman's life, police said. | The 22-year-old Slovakian Roma, left his 18-year-old victim with serious head injuries during the "appalling attack" which has had a "catastrophic effect" on the woman's life, police said. |
| Turtak's attack on the woman, who is from a strict Muslim background and had only recently left school, sparked a huge police inquiry - the biggest West Yorkshire Police investigation since the disappearance of Shannon Matthews in 2008. | Turtak's attack on the woman, who is from a strict Muslim background and had only recently left school, sparked a huge police inquiry - the biggest West Yorkshire Police investigation since the disappearance of Shannon Matthews in 2008. |
| 'Destroyed her life' | |
| The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC, said the attack would affect the victim for the rest of her life. | |
| He said: "The effect has been profound, both now and, so far as one can see, that effect is likely to remain. | |
| "She believes it will affect her whole life, including her prospects of marriage. | |
| "In those short eight minutes you destroyed her young life", he said. |