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| Leicester park rape: Man found guilty of 'horrific' attack | Leicester park rape: Man found guilty of 'horrific' attack |
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| A man who left a woman with a fractured skull "for dead" has been found guilty of her rape and attempted murder. | A man who left a woman with a fractured skull "for dead" has been found guilty of her rape and attempted murder. |
| Zakarya Etarghi admitted meeting the 50-year-old woman, who was found in a pool of blood off Cedar Road in the Evington area of Leicester last August. | |
| The 24-year-old, of no fixed address, denied the charges and said the woman had "no injuries" when he left her. | The 24-year-old, of no fixed address, denied the charges and said the woman had "no injuries" when he left her. |
| Etarghi was found guilty at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday and will be sentenced on 25 March. | Etarghi was found guilty at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday and will be sentenced on 25 March. |
| The trial had heard the victim was found naked from the waist down in the park at about 05:00 BST on 3 August, 2018. | The trial had heard the victim was found naked from the waist down in the park at about 05:00 BST on 3 August, 2018. |
| She was found with a deep head wound, with an ambulance technician telling jurors he believed she had been "left for dead". | She was found with a deep head wound, with an ambulance technician telling jurors he believed she had been "left for dead". |
| A forensic scientist said DNA traces matching the victim and Etarghi - who the jury were told was on licence from prison after serving a robbery sentence - were found on clothing, beer cans, and a discarded condom wrapper. | A forensic scientist said DNA traces matching the victim and Etarghi - who the jury were told was on licence from prison after serving a robbery sentence - were found on clothing, beer cans, and a discarded condom wrapper. |
| Etarghi was arrested after being found by police officers in Stoke-on-Trent two weeks after the attack. | Etarghi was arrested after being found by police officers in Stoke-on-Trent two weeks after the attack. |
| He told the trial he had been to a friend's house and drank 11 pints of beer and took half a gram of cocaine before meeting the victim in the park, and claimed they had "got intimate" once left alone. | He told the trial he had been to a friend's house and drank 11 pints of beer and took half a gram of cocaine before meeting the victim in the park, and claimed they had "got intimate" once left alone. |
| Det Insp Mark Sinski, from Leicestershire Police, said the victim was "still recovering" from the "horrific assault". | Det Insp Mark Sinski, from Leicestershire Police, said the victim was "still recovering" from the "horrific assault". |
| "There is little doubt that she has only survived due to the early and extensive medical treatment she received," he said. | "There is little doubt that she has only survived due to the early and extensive medical treatment she received," he said. |
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