Via Chronicle Live:
A failed aslyum seeker brutally raped a man out celebrating his birthday in a shocking attack on a bed of nettles.
The victim had been out drinking with friends to mark his 23rd birthday when he was attacked by stranger Ayoub Khalifa.
A court heard the victim vaguely remembered leaving a nightclub in the early hours of the morning.
The next thing he knew he woke up face down in nettles and mud, his trousers round his ankles and his shirt pulled up, having been raped by Khalifa, who also stole his phone, wallet and watch.
Now the 30-year-old pervert has been jailed for six years at Newcastle Crown Court and is likely to be deported to Algeria after serving his sentence.