A sex offender who indecently assaulted two prison officers while in jail went on to sexually abuse a woman in a guesthouse after becoming a free man.
Perry Smith, 27, befriended his latest victim, who was staying in a different room, before carrying out the attack - which left the woman suffering with flashbacks and nightmares.
A judge was told the woman dozed off and woke up to find her jeans had been pulled down and Smith was sexually assaulting her. He went on to try to have sex with her as she desperately tried to fight him off.
The girl then fled her room and locked herself in a bathroom before screaming for help. Smith's victim had no idea he was a registered sex offender with a history of severe mental illness - as well as previous convictions for exposure and sexual assault.
Exeter Crown Court heard that the 27-year-old, from Abergavenny, has a history of mental illness and carried out the attack when he had stopped taking anti-psychotic medication.
Prosecuting counsel Richard Crabb said Smith met the victim when she was staying at the same B&B in the Devon area in early 2018.
Smith invited himself into her room at 6pm one evening and they had been watching television while sitting on opposite sides of the double bed.
She fell asleep and woke up to find he had partially removed her jeans and was touching her sexually. He tried to have sex from behind but she struggled while telling him to stop and then sought refuge in a bathroom.
Smith initially claimed all the sexual activity was consensual, but later pleaded guilty and told a judge "I lied".
The court was also told that Smith moved to Devon after completing a jail sentence for offences in Wales, which was extended when the sexually assaulted two female prison officers.
Lee Bremridge, defending, said medical reports made it clear that Smith’s paranoid schizophrenia was an important contributory factor to his offending.
Mr Bremridge argued that two consultant psychiatrists had recommended that he should be treated in hospital rather than sent to prison.
Judge Timothy Rose said the defendant was clearly a danger to the public and ordered Smith to be detained indefinitely at Broadmoor special hospital.
He told him: “The impact of your behaviour on your victim has been severe and caused her immense anguish and harm, which she has suffered ever since.
“You would normally receive a significant prison sentence but the position in your case is different because of your long-standing mental health problems.”
Gwent Police had previously issued a public appeal in 2015 to find Smith after he went missing from Llanarth Court Hospital- with officers at the time describing him as a "a potential risk without his medication".
