A Syrian man who brutally raped and then robbed a 43-year-old male British tourist in an amusement park has been jailed for 10 years.

The victim had left a nightclub in Vienna's iconic Prater amusement park area in the Austrian capital, and was walking back to his hotel when he was set upon by the 22-year-old Syrian national.

Giving evidence by videolink from the UK, the victim told the Vienna Regional Court how his attacker had forced him to give him oral sex before fleeing with his phone and backpack.

After the attack, close to the park's iconic 'The Third Man' movie Ferris wheel, the victim reported the rape to the police, local media reported on 23rd July.

The accused, named only as A. in court, at first denied ever meeting the victim until forensic evidence found the British man's DNA in his mouth.

At first, A. claimed the sex had been consensual, but he then claimed the DNA had got there when they both swigged from the same bottle of vodka.

He said he would not have dared rape him orally, claiming: "If I had forced him to do it, he could have bitten my penis."

But Judge Eva Brantdstetter told him: "You initially denied everything, and we dismiss your current responsibility as an implausible defence."

As well as being jailed A. was ordered to pay his victim's EUR 1,700 (GBP 1,483.50) therapy bills.

The defendant has appealed the sentence, which is not yet legally binding.

(Joseph Golder / newsX)