article_snippet: a Dutch backpacker was violently raped, beaten with a meat tenderiser and repeatedly bashed during a six week ordeal which ended with a Dutch backpacker attempting to take a Dutch backpacker own life.
article_snippet: the woman was held captive in a Melbourne hotel room during 2012, during which time the woman was forced to sleep in the shower naked and ordered not to speak, or complain.
article_snippet: the Victorian County Court was also told backpacker was held captive and suffered daily beatings and numerous violent rapes over six weeks.
article_snippet: Police were called and the extent of the woman abuse was uncovered.
article_snippet: the woman was also reportedly punched in the face, burnt with a gas torch lighter and banished to the bathroom.
article_snippet: the woman was forced to sleep in the shower or on the wet floor naked, sometimes left there for days on end.
highlights_snippet: the Victorian County Court heard He kept a Dutch backpacker hostage for six weeks .
  
highlights_snippet: He raped, beat and abused the woman in a Melbourne hotel room .
  