After attacking the woman Neville Williams cradled the youngster in his arms, before fleeing the scene.

The woman, who was 19 at the time of the incident, was so terrified she moved to the other side of the country.

It took her 12 years before she felt strong enough to go to the police –having slept with weapons under her pillow for years.

Now 35, she recalled the man who referred to himself as “Crunch” and in December 2013 Williams, then 56, of Birmingham, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court where he denied one count of rape.

However, a jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to ten years in prison and ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register for life.

Speaking about the attack for the first time, the victim told how Williams said: “I think I deserve a present” before raping her.

He then added it was his “f****** birthday.”

She said: “I’ll never get over what that monster put me through, but now he’s locked up at least I know other young girls are safe.

“For 14 years I barely slept and kept knives and hammers under my pillow, as I was petrified he’d return – even though I’d moved hundreds of miles away.

“I know how difficult it can be to have the courage to come forward, but the police were so supportive.

“I urge other sex crime survivors to seek justice, no matter how long ago the abuse took place.”

A man who broke into a teenage mother’s home and raped her has been jailed for ten years.

Neville Williams, 56, broke into his victim’s home and boasted it was his birthday as he brutally raped her.

After her ordeal, which happened on October 1, 1999 – Williams’ 42nd birthday – he threatened to return and rape the young mum again if she called police.

The terrified victim, aged 19 at the time, fled her home in Birmingham and resettled in another part of the country to escape the memory of what happened.

But after 12 years of silence she finally went to police in November 2011 and officers launched a search for her attacker.

Specialist teams were able to track Williams after his victim remembered he called himself by his nickname ‘Crunch’.

After his arrest in June last year unemployed Williams denied the attack and went on trial earlier this year.

But a jury found him guilty after hearing evidence from a friend and the woman’s GP about a change in her personality following the attack.

At Birmingham Crown Court, Neville, from Smiths Wood, Solihull, West Midlands, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register for life and subjected to a restraining order to protect his victim.

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