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Ateenage boy accused of raping and strangling a therapist who tried to help him in a juvenile probation center should be tried as an adult, the woman's distraught husband begged the judge.

The woman survived the alleged attack, which police say occurred in a locked room at the juvenile probation center in the city of Katy, just west of Houston, Texas, nearly a year ago, but is said to be so traumatized she can no longer leave her home.

Neither the therapist nor her young former patient have been identified, but now the woman's husband, James Haak, has spoken out to the press to try to ensure the 16-year-old is treated as an adult by the justice system.

The judge is currently deciding how the boy will be tried by the courts, and no trial has begun.

The teenager has been charged with assaulting and harassing the Harris County public servant, but if he is convicted as a juvenile he may be released by the time he reaches 18, in just a couple of years' time.

Whereas, if tried as an adult, he faces a minimum sentence of five years—but could face up to life behind bars.

Haak told Fox 26: "The only remedy that she has in this case is that he be incarcerated; we don't think that he could be rehabilitated.

"Let's face it, she was beat up. She was locked in a room, beat up, and raped. She didn't have a way to call for help; they had given them a radio, which he ripped the batteries out of."

"She can't be in public, she doesn't trust men. She can't do therapy anymore. I doubt that she will ever be able to do therapy with a male in a locked room, and that's what confidentially is all about."

She has had to quit the job she worked so hard for, Haak added, saying: "She put a lot of herself into the job, and he took that away."

Describing his wife's desire to help troubled children after raising her own family, he said she went back to school after a nearly 20-year career in oil and gas. She gained a master's degree and a license in family therapy, and began working at the juvenile probation center for Harris County.

The juvenile had been due to speak with a therapist and requested one who could Spanish. Haak's wife went to meet him, but police claim once they were locked in a room together he raped and strangled her.

The court is set to reconvene on Tuesday, where the judge will decide on how the teenager should be tried.

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The juvenile had been due to speak with a therapist and requested one who could Spanish