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Judge jails rapist whose victim was so traumatised she FAINTED in the witness box

Zain Hussain, 20, in a Lancashire Police custody photograph, was sentenced on 3 November and faces an indefinite restraining order and a requirement to register as a sex offender.
Zain Hussain, 20, in a Lancashire Police custody photograph, was sentenced on 3 November and faces an indefinite restraining order and a requirement to register as a sex offender.
Greenbank Police Station in Blackburn, the force whose Detective Constable Dan Healey said Hussain knew exactly how vulnerable his victim was when he carried out the offences.
Greenbank Police Station in Blackburn, the force whose Detective Constable Dan Healey said Hussain knew exactly how vulnerable his victim was when he carried out the offences.

Zain Hussain's victim fainted and vomited while giving evidence against him at Preston Crown Court, after the 20-year-old denied every charge and forced a trial. A jury convicted him in August 2026 of rape, sexual assault by penetration, two counts of non-fatal strangulation and two of assault causing actual bodily harm, and he was sentenced at Burnley Crown Court on 3 November.

Zain Hussain, 20, formerly of Darwen, faces an indefinite restraining order and must register as a sex offender.

'Horrific offences': Detective Constable Dan Healey said Hussain knew exactly how vulnerable his victim was.

Paying tribute to her 'brave' evidence, Detective Constable Dan Healey welcomed the judge's lengthy sentence.

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