Victorian man jailed for 17 years over rape, beatings of Dutch backpacker

Judge describes Alfio Anthony Granata's treatment of 21-year-old victim over two months as vile, repulsive and dehumanising A man who kept a Dutch backpacker captive for two months in a Melbourne hotel room, where he subjected her to savage rapes and beatings, has been jailed for 17 years. Alfio Anthony Granata carved a cross into the forehead of his victim, then 21, with a knife and told her she was marked for death.