SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — A Cheyenne County judge has given a Sidney man 35 to 60 years in prison for threatening and terrorizing a woman at a Sidney motel.

Court records say 36-year-old Jason Assad was sentenced on Thursday. He’d been convicted of several charges, including false imprisonment, terroristic threatening and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

The woman told officers who responded to a call last September that Assad had threatened to rape her, placed a knife to her throat and struck her repeatedly. Court documents say the victim had two black eyes and bruises on her body.

Assad’s attorney had argued in court that his client never threatened the woman or sought to terrorize her.