SALEM – A Lynn auto body mechanic who admitted he raped and beat his former girlfriend in her Linwood Street home last year is headed to prison for up to 10 years.Jesse Galan Mota, 22, who last lived at 53 Cedar St., #1, in Lynn, avoided a trial Wednesday and pleaded guilty to rape, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, intimidation of a witness, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery and intimidation of a witness.He was sentenced to serve not less than eight years and not more than 10 years in state prison.Judge Howard J. Whitehead sentenced Mota in accordance with an agreement reached by Assistant District Attorney Karen H. Hopwood and defense lawyer Michael F. Natola.Charges stem from an incident in Lynn on April 8, 2007 when Mota went to his 37-year-old ex-girlfriend’s home on Linwood Street.They had been together for a number of years but had broken off their relationship six weeks prior.She was upstairs at the time taking a shower and quickly jumped into sweat shorts, Hopwood said.After Mota entered they went into the kitchen and sat at the table and after a brief conversation he began to argue with her, accusing her of being with another man.He then grabbed her by the hair and pushed her into another room where he knocked her to her knees and raped her.During the incident he broke a ceramic vase and used the sharp pieces to slash her on the shoulder and other areas of her body as she tried to get away from Mota, but was unsuccessful.Her two children were also home at the time and witnessed some of the physical violence on their mother.As Mota was leaving the home, he threatened the victim not to report it, Hopwood said.The victim, who was not present for the plea hearing, sustained two loose teeth, a swollen right eye, numerous bruises on her body and a cut lip during the assault.Mota was arrested by authorities that evening following the attack and has been in custody since.Hopwood told Whitehead she had been in contact with the victim and she was in agreement with the recommendation, but felt that Mota should receive more prison time due to the effects the incident has had on her and her children.Before handing down the punishment, Whitehead noted that the incident was a “very serious crime,” but that there are mitigating factors in the case, given Mota’s age, that he had no record and the plea meant the victim did not have to testify at trial.Mota will receive credit for the time he has spent in jail awaiting trial on the case.