'Before that night I was happy': Predator found woman alone on night out in town centre and raped her

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A 'prowling sexual predator' who raped a young woman and sexually assaulted another on the same night has been locked up for more than 12 years.

One of Amanuel Tsegay's victims - who was 18 when he raped her - told how he had shattered her life, adding: "This is always there." "Before the attack I was quite independent," she said in an emotive victim impact statement read out in court. "What he did has changed all that.

I don't feel happy and carefree like I was. "Before that night I was happy. I liked to meet new people and make new friends.

I didn't have any worries and now that has all changed." The woman - who can't be identified for legal reasons - said she has nightmares and has been forced to give up her job because of anxiety. READ MORE: Family's urgent appeal as mum-of-three missing for over 72 hours after night out in Manchester She said she has changed how she dresses and added: "I feel apprehensive about people coming near me and feel that I have used up all of my luck and am apprehensive and anxious when I go out of the house." Tsegay, 37, from Lords Avenue in Weaste, Salford, pleaded guilty to rape and sexual assault.