A RAPIST who showed a “callous disregard” for his victim has been given a 16-year prison sentence.

Waqas Hussain, of Prescott Avenue, Banbury, was branded “dangerous” and given an extended jail term yesterday in Oxford Crown Court.

The 21-year-old was convicted after a trial of two counts of rape and one count of false imprisonment committed on New Year’s Eve this year.

He was sentenced alongside a 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who was also convicted of rape and false imprisonment and given six years.

Judge Gordon Risius said the offence took place inside a house in Banbury and the victim was a 23-year-old woman. He said Hussain punched their female victim and told her to undress, before carrying out a rape which was partly filmed on a mobile phone.

Judge Risius said the older defendant then told the teenager to rape the woman as well, which he did.

Sentencing the pair he told them: “This sad case concerns a cavalier attitude towards sexual activity and a callous disregard for a young woman who did not want to have sex with you.

“Serve your sentences and then make something positive of your lives.

“Start treating women with respect, and not simply as objects for your own pleasure.”

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