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A woman raped three times by a stranger has bravely spoken out about the horrific crime and said 'this is why he targeted me'.

The victim was at a Midlands bus station when she was approached by Audrius Zukauskas and invited back to his home.

Zukauskas, 55, raped her three times before battering her.

The convict, of Davis Street, Shelton, has now been handed a 12-year extended sentence after admitting three counts of rape and one count of assault.

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In a moving statement read to Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court, the victim said: "I am an alcoholic. I have suffered a lot of trauma in my life but this is the reason I am now alcohol dependent.

"This makes me extremely vulnerabl

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