Sadistic thugs held a woman in a dog kennel, hit her with a dog lead and threatened to rape her during a horrendous ordeal over Christmas. The victim was falsely imprisoned in her own home between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day and subjected to shocking mental and physical abuse which only ended when she leapt out of second floor window, breaking her leg and back.

Newcastle Crown Court heard the woman had been friends with Dean Wilkinson for many years and she had previously given him a home. She did so again just before Christmas 2023 and he was staying with her in Kenton, Newcastle.

Judge Julie Clemitson said: "You repaid that by terrorising her for some time to the point she jumped out of an upstairs window to escape, breaking her leg and back in the process. This was over a protracted

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