A British woman who was raped and stabbed by her Mexican housemate in Australia was forced to take to Facebook to plead for help as she did not know the number for emergency services.
The 23-year-old had been been attacked by Francisco Quibrera Villaescusa, who sexually assaulted and stabbed her in the hand with a kitchen knife, a court heard.
In desperation, she sent a Facebook message to some of the other housemates pleading: ‘Raped me…Been stabbed…Guys..call an ambulance..idk number… Plz…Need police…Hurry. Been stabbed in hand'[sic].
Assault: The British woman, then 23, took to Facebook as she did not know the Australian emergency number, after Francisco Quibrera Villaescusa (pictured) raped and stabbed her
Court documents seen by Australian media, reveals the full extent of the horror the young woman is said to have endured at the hands of Villaescusa in March last year.
The British woman and Villaescusa had only spoken a handful of times while living together in a backpackers house-share in Chippendale, Sydney with 13 others.
She claims that he came into her room at 3pm on March 8, 2016, stating ‘I have to have sex with you, you must have sex with me’ before allegedly sexually assaulting her, prosecutor Katharine Jeffreys told the Downing Centre District Court on Monday.
Afterwards, Villaescusa allegedly cut her hand open, before holding her down and masturbating.
‘He cut my left hand between my thumb and first finger. It felt like he’d sliced me, the blood was pouring out,’ the woman, who cannot be named, later told police according to Sunshinecoast Daily.
‘The knife was a very large kitchen knife with a black handle and a very wide blade. He was pulling my hair with such force, he was basically throwing me onto his bed by swinging me by the hair. By this time my hand was pouring with blood.’
In custody: Villaescusa denied all charges due to being ‘mentally impaired’ at the time and was today found not guilty due to mental illness and remanded to a secure mental health facility
Horror: A smeared blooded handprint can be seen on the wall of the Sydney houseshare
Attack: The woman claims her Mexican housemate came into her room and raped her, before stabbing her hand with a kitchen knife
Fear: After she finally escaped from her attacker, she locked herself in a bedroom with a third housemate, but when Villaescusa came in after them, he stabbed her another three times, a court heard this week
The young British woman told police that she managed to escape Villaescusa and send the message begging for help on Facebook before fleeing into the bedroom of another housemate, a French man named Leon Bajard.
Bajard and the woman later described how Villaescusa tried to break into the room, and when he failed, he began stabbing the wood with the knife.
Villaescusa was reportedly screaming: ‘I have to have sex with her or I have to kill her,’ News.com.au reports.
The website says the court heart how Villaescusa made his way into the room, and that Mr Bajard grappled with him before he turned on the young woman again – and stabbed her three times.
Haunting: Some of the blinds in one of the bedrooms shows blooded fingerprints
Weapons: one of the knives allegedly used in the attack on the British woman
The woman finally escaped after stabbing her attacker in the chest. Pictured is his t-shirt
She was stabbed in the face, neck and in her armpit, narrowly missing a major blood vessel, the court was told by prosecutor Ms Jeffreys.
The British woman managed to overpower her attacker despite the wounds, and stabbed him in the chest before finally making her escape.
Villaescusa was arrested and taken to hospital and treated for psychosis, local news reports.
During the trial this week, Villaescusa denied charges of sexual assault, reckless wounding, indecent assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and attempted murder, stating that he was mentally impaired at the time.
Today, he was found not guilty due to mental illness after a two-day trial at the Sydney District Court and remanded to a secure mental health facility.