"She told the jury it was like being raped or sodomised, " said Mr Weiner.

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The former officer was convicted last year of holding Mr Louima down while his colleague, Volpe, sodomised him with the broom handle.

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The cocaine got him arrested so often that in the end he was sent to jail, and was so scared he would be sodomised that he couldn't sleep for a week.

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