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Woman raped at knifepoint in Portugal gives evidence in Christian Brückner trial

A man in handcuffs flanked by police officers is led into court
Christian Brückner, 47, is accused of assaulting five women and girls aged between 10 and 80 years old. Photograph: Reuters

A woman who was raped at knifepoint by a masked man in Portugal 20 years ago has told a German court how the trauma of the ordeal had left her suffering from frequent panic attacks.

Hazel Behan, 40, broke down as she recalled how a man dressed in black had entered her apartment in the resort of Praia da Rocha in the Algarve at 3am on 16 June 2004. She told how he stood over her bed and woke her by calling her name before proceeding to rape her repeatedly over several hours.

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