that sounds like what it would take.
I found this about the offender:
In the rape case, Nichols is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's condominium, binding her with duct tape and assaulting her. Authorities say he brought a cooler stocked with food to the home for the crime. "He said he would assault her for three days until her birthday," Howard said.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-13-ga-courthouse_x.htm
Cold as ICE.
He should have been chained to the floor (out of sight of the jury of course).
DK