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SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man who kidnapped and raped a woman blamed his actions on a spider, localmedia reported on Thursday. Philip Spiers pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape,but told a court that the poison from a funnel-webspider bite had left him with a viral illness whichled to his actions. But a toxicologist told the New South Wales stateDistrict Court there was no medical evidence tosuggest a spider bite could be responsible for angerand hatred. Spiers, who kidnapped and raped the woman in 1997, wassentenced on Wednesday to eight years in jail.

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