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Man Who Met Woman at Hanley Bus Station Gets 12-Year Extended Term for Triple Rape

He must serve two-thirds of a nine-year custodial sentence before parole review.

Overview

  • Audrius Zukauskas, 55, pleaded guilty to three rapes and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
  • Judge Richard McConaghy imposed nine years in custody plus a three-year extended licence at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
  • The victim said she is scared to leave home and described severe psychological harm in a statement to the court.
  • Zukauskas was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life and recorded as liable for deportation to Lithuania.
  • Prosecutors detailed prior convictions and an earlier deportation, and said housemates called police after finding the victim injured and bleeding.