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A teenager walked into a house and threatened to rape a woman who was asleep in her bed as her terrified children looked on.

The woman was holding her baby and had a toddler next to her when Thomas Batley began throttling and biting her, saying he was doing it "in the name of the Catholic Church".

Nick Adlington , prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court that the woman was awoken at around 1.50am on Saturday, August 29 last year in extreme pain at her hair being pulled.

She opened her eyes to see the strange man over her bed making the religious comments and telling her to shut up.

'The worst nightmare any female could have': Teenager entered house and threatened to rape woman as she slept alongside her children