Overview
- Paul Batey, 35, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Crown Court to rape and assaulting an emergency worker.
- Officers responded to the victim’s 999 call, interrupted the rape at his home, and arrested him after he resisted and assaulted a police constable.
- The victim had met Batey only hours earlier, had consumed alcohol with him, and was invited to his bedroom under the pretext of seeing record decks.
- A victim impact statement detailed severe psychological harm, including persistent feelings of contamination and multiple suicide attempts.
- Batey, of Dorset Avenue in Birtley, has previous convictions, though none for sexual offences.