cocaine-fuelled beast - dubbed “any woman’s ultimate nightmare” - raped a sleeping stranger in her own bed after sneaking into her home.The victim said she had been “enjoying a nice evening” when it “turned into the worst night of my life”.Gerard Cooper, 39, went into the woman’s unlocked home in Dingle in the early hours after he’d taken cocaine and had been drinking.He then went upstairs and raped her as she slept, one night in 2018.Cooper was today sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after forcing his victim to relive the events of the horrific attack in a trial.
A jury found him guilty of rape on September 17 this year.Judge David Swinnerton recounted the horrific events which left the victim “hysterical”.
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