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A woman of 29 was raped by a man who offered her free accommodation through a website aimed at helping travellers, a court has heard.
She arranged to stay with Abdelali Nachet through CouchSurfing.com after using the site to stay with strangers across Europe without any problems.
But her brief stay in Leeds turned into a nightmare, it was alleged.
Nachet, 34, took her back to his flat, threatened to kill her and raped her twice during a 'degrading and humiliating' ordeal that lasted throughout the night.
Prosecutor Simon Phillips said the woman tried to escape but tripped up in the hall and Nachet told her: 'If you try to run away I will kill you and after that I will kill myself.'
He added: 'She felt in very real and genuine fear that she was at risk of being murdered by this defendant.
'She submitted, she never consented. He was aware of this but was persistent. He went on and on for a long time.'
The woman from Hong Kong had recently completed a trip to Italy and Spain using the same worldwide hospitality website which enables travellers to fix up free accommodation with volunteers offering themselves as hosts.
She had also used it in France and had stayed with another single man in Birmingham without incident. source: daily mail.com
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