A Syrian man who brutally raped and then robbed a 43-year-old male British tourist in an amusement park has been jailed for 10 years.
The victim had left a nightclub in Vienna's iconic Prater amusement park area in the Austrian capital, and was walking back to his hotel when he was set upon by the 22-year-old Syrian national last July.
Giving evidence by video-link from the UK on Thursday, the victim told the Vienna Regional Court how his attacker had raped him before fleeing with his phone and backpack.
After the attack, close to the park's ferris wheel, the victim reported the rape to the police, local media reported.
The accused, named only as A. in court, at first denied ever meeting the victim until forensic evidence found the British man's DNA in his mouth.
