Robert Wilson was discussing plans to move in with the woman he met online, when he locked her inside his home and held her prisoner.
Five days of horror followed for the woman who was raped 18 times, humiliated and beaten until she could not see.
When the woman tried to run away from his home northwest of Melbourne in March 2019, Wilson told her he would kill her or deport her.
Wilson's Darley property was surrounded by metal shutters and an electric fence, with security cameras tracking her every move. She could not leave his bedroom without a security alarm going off.
He used weapons, including a speargun and metal bar, stole money from her bank account and deleted her phone contacts.
When friends noticed the woman was missing, he manipulated them and forced her to film videos to send to them.
After four days, he decided to drive his victim interstate. Along the way, he directed her in a chilling video that he would later send to her friends.
He told her to nod or shake her head in response to questions including if she felt safe with him, whether he had been hitting her and if she want to stay with him.
They made it to Adelaide and then drove back to his home, where he raped her again.
He released her after five days, on March 29. He drove her to her house and demanded incriminating Facebook posts by her friends be deleted and that she not tell anyone what happened.
Wilson, 35, was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison by County Court Judge Fiona Todd on Friday.
He pleaded guilty to false imprisonment, three counts of rape, theft and intentionally causing injury.
Wilson, who will be a registered sex offender for life, must serve at least 16 years before he is eligible for parole.
Wilson's offending was "grossly horrific", Judge Todd said. She wanted to ensure the sentence reflected the seriousness of the attacks.
"This was boundless cruelty, it is almost incomprehensible," she said.
"The episode of driving into the night in your car must have been particularly terrifying. And the return to your house on a Friday morning particularly devastating."
