Brett David Hill, 49, from New South Wales, Australia, terrified the child with a pair a scissors after bundling her into his car at around 9.15am on June 12 last year.
He abused the then 11-year-old at three different locations before dumping her at a railway station in Newcastle, Australia.
Hill was caught four days later after a huge manhunt - and pleaded guilty to nine charges in October.
He has since been sentenced to a maximum of 23 years and six months.
The brave victim, now 13, told the court she might look normal on the outside but there is a "massive invisible scar written across my face".
Courageously, she took to the witness box with her mum and their family dog as she told Hill it was important for him to hear how he'd changed her life.
"I hate who I am today," the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told Hill. "I am scared somebody is going to take me and do it all over again.
"My world is not safe. I can never forgive you."
She spoke about how she used to be carefree and walked around with a smile on her face, scared of nothing.
But now she's too scared to walk her dog, she said.
The girl told Hill about the constant flashbacks she suffers, having to live her every day life in the body he abused.
Hill told the court today he had taken synthetic cannabis which can 'make you go crazy'.
He told the girl: "I'm so sorry. I never set out in this day to be a horrible person. I did something I thought I'd never do. I hope one day you can move on from this."
Newcastle Superintendent Brett Greentree previously told the Newcastle Herald: "This is a crime that has sent shivers down the spine of every Novocastrian."
Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec added that identification of the suspect's vehicle was a key tip that led to his arrest.
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