A dangerous sex offender who dragged a woman off of the street and assaulted her has been warned he could be jailed again for keeping secrets from the authorities.
Callous David Bell, 32, pounced on the woman, then 21, in Irvine, Ayrshire, after emerging from the shadows as she walked home from a train station.
He grabbed her from behind, dragged her into a secluded area and pinned her to the ground before repeatedly trying to rape her.
The terrifying attack left the woman so frightened she believed she was going to die.
And when she asked why he was attacking her, Bell chillingly warned: "Wrong place, wrong time."
He was caged for seven years over the 2010 in 2011 and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life.
And he could now be locked up again for breaching the terms of the Sex Offenders' Register after being released from jail.
After being released from his prison sentence Bell settled in Dalry, North Ayrshire, but failed to be honest with those monitoring him and landed back in the dock this week.
Bell appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court and pleaded guilty to breaking Sections 84(1) and 91(1)(A) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 by failing to tell police about a bank card he had been using.
Sex offenders are required to give police details of their bank cards to reduce the chance of them being used to pay for illegal material.
The court heard he had been using the bank card for nearly a year and that it only came to the attention of Police Scotland officers when they spotted it sitting in his home during a random check.
Defence solicitor Peter Murray said: "He is well aware of the serious nature of the matter before the court."
Sheriff Alistair Watson called for background reports to be prepared ahead of sentencing and said: "Failure to report is obviously very serious."
He said he would "decide whether a custodial sentence is necessary or not" and adjourned the case until next month.
Bell had denied attacking the woman but was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Judge Lord Turnbull said it was "a most despicable" attack.
She told his trial she had been left unable to go out alone at night because of the attack and had to get her mum to pick her up from work.
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