Police have commended a woman for her bravery after she bit an intruder’s penis as he repeatedly raped her during a break-in at her home.
The victim, 60, clamped her teeth around 36-year old Brian Brough’s person as he forced her into a sex act at her home near Salford.
The father-of-three freed himself but then beat the woman in fit of rage and raped her again, leaving her with multiple bone fractures to her face.
He then ran off with two mobile phones, bank cards, chocolates, a Fitbit, tobacco and alcohol.
Brian Brough, 36, has been jailed for 18 years, after being convicted of raping and attacking a woman in her Manchester home last year
The woman fled to a neighbour’s house and was rushed to hospital where she was treated for a fractured jaw, black eyes, a broken nose and internal injuries.
When police asked former male escort Brough to account for his movements on the night of the rape, he told them: ‘I haven’t got a clue — ask my brain.’
He has a 15-year history of knife-related violence and was previously acquitted of rape in 2019.
At Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, Brough of Breightmet, near Bolton was jailed for was jailed for 18 years with an extended licence period of four years.
He will serve two thirds of his sentence in prison before being considered for release by the parole board.
He was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, two charges of rape, attempted rape and burglary.
The attack in Little Hulton, near Salford occurred late at night on March 19 last year.
Brough knocked on the victim’s front door claiming to be a friend of her neighbour.
Mr Mark Kellet prosecuting said: ‘She had gone to bed for the night, putting her dogs in their cage and she was wearing a nightie and her pyjama bottoms.
‘Although she had never met the defendant before, as her neighbour’s name matched what he said, she opened the door and he came into the house asking to use the toilet.
‘She went into the front room but was followed by the defendant and as she sat on the sofa he sat next to her and put his arm around her.
‘He told her that he was a male escort and took his penis out, saying, ‘look, this is what I do.’
‘She told him that she was not interested, but he grabbed her head and forced it onto him.
‘In response, she bit the defendant’s penis which prompted him to hit her in the face.’
Mr Kellet said: ‘She was then dragged into the bedroom by the hair and thrown onto the bed.
‘She described trying to fight him off and push him away but he kept punching her and she recalls passing out and coming round.
Brough has a 15-year history of knife-related violence and was previously acquitted of rape in 2019
Mr Kellet said the victim screamed and tried to stop him raping her, but he punched her, causing her to black-out again.
‘When she came round, he had gone,’ he said. ‘While she was semi-conscious, she could hear him rummaging around, and she also heard one of her dogs yelping, she assumed from being kicked by the defendant.
‘The next morning, she found that one of the dogs was missing.
‘A neighbour returned the dog to her house but when she answered the door, he was shocked to see the state that she was in.’
He called the police after seeing her covered in blood with black eyes and a broken jaw.
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Mr Kellet said that the victim waited at another neighbour’s house for officers to arrive. She later provided an account of being beaten and sexually assaulted.
The victim was taken to the Trauma Assessment Unit at Salford Royal Hospital where a senior doctor noted multiple bruises and swelling to her head.
She suffered fractures to her upper and lower jaw, facial lacerations and missing teeth.
She was then taken to a rape crisis centre at St Mary’s Hospital where doctors found a sample of Brough’s DNA.
Tests showed that there was a billion-to-one chance the attacker might be somebody else.
As police searched for Brough, he arrived at the home of a friend with the victim’s two Samsung mobile phones and with blood on his hands. He was later arrested at Wigan market.
At his rape trial last November, Brough denied wrongdoing, declined legal representation and refused to attend. He said nothing in his defence at the sentencing hearing
In response, Brough said: ‘I didn’t do it — I don’t do things like that. I cannot recall doing anything like that at all. If I did, I would have been sat here with my head in my hands. I could go on a lie detector and still pass it.’
Brought has 50 previous offences on his record including possession of knives, robbery and possession of an offensive weapon.
He was jailed for 32 months in 2007 then jailed for further 54 months the following year for robbery and possession of a bladed article after threatening a shop security guard with a knife.
In 2015 he was jailed for 22 months after he led police on a 120mph car chase in a Peugeot 407 he stole from a neighbour who had invited him and his family round for drinks.
In 2020 he was jailed again for six weeks after he poured a can of beer over a woman’s head and damaged her front door during an argument.
At his rape trial last November, Brough denied wrongdoing, declined legal representation and refused to attend.
He attended his sentencing hearing but said nothing in his defence.
He will have to serve a minimum of 12 years and once released, will be on licence until 2044, under the terms of an extended sentence.
He will be on the Sex Offender Register for life.
Sentencing Judge John Edwards told him: ‘This was an extremely remorseless and violent rape.
‘It was on any level an horrific ordeal for her. I have no doubt you pose a significant risk of harm to others.’
He added: ‘I hope that she is able to draw a line under this, in the knowledge that this man will not be released probably in her lifetime.’
After the case, Detective Constable Leanne Jackson of Greater Manchester Police, described the attack as ‘horrific and sustained’
She said that no one should be made to feel unsafe or at risk in their own home.
‘Brough would not accept any responsibility for his sadistic and vile actions, forcing his victim to go through the horrendous ordeal in court,’ she said.
‘He did not even have the decency to attend his trial and face up to his actions and instead refused to come out of his prison cell with the trial having to be heard in his absence.
‘His lack of remorse perfectly sums up who he is as a human being and thankfully we’ve now been able to remove him from the streets for 22 years and stop him causing any further harm to any more women.
‘I want to thank the woman’s neighbours who quickly alerted police and got her to hospital for the urgent medical treatment she needed.
‘I also want to commend her bravery and strength throughout the investigation and trial as her determination to see this through has ensured we were able to secure a significant conviction.’
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