A monster who tried to murder a woman he met on a night out will not be locked-up for longer after a bid to get his sentence extended failed.
Matthew Stevens subjected his victim to a sustained attack when she refused to have sex with him after they shared a taxi home. He kicked and stamped on her, stripped her naked and dragged her into wooded undergrowth, before leaving her to die in Brunswick Village in March 2022.
After the woman was found by a dog walker in the early hours of the morning she was so badly injured police at first thought she was dead. Stevens, 28, was jailed for 29 years after a jury at Newcastle Crown Court found him guilty of attempted murder.
