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Teenager admits sex attack spree | Teenager admits sex attack spree |
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A 16-year-old has admitted carrying out a series of sex attacks on women in Glasgow in less than three hours. | |
At the High Court in Glasgow, Robert Thomson admitted eight charges, including indecent assault and assault to injury with intent to rape. | At the High Court in Glasgow, Robert Thomson admitted eight charges, including indecent assault and assault to injury with intent to rape. |
The court heard how Thomson, who was 15 at the time of the attacks, was caught after police released a CCTV image. | The court heard how Thomson, who was 15 at the time of the attacks, was caught after police released a CCTV image. |
Lord Turnbull deferred sentence for reports and placed Thomson on the sex offenders register. | Lord Turnbull deferred sentence for reports and placed Thomson on the sex offenders register. |
The court heard that the majority of the attacks, which took place on 5 June, were sex assaults and that his victims were all aged between 20 and 35. | |
In one case Thomson forced his victim to the ground, put his hand over her mouth and lay on top of her simulating sex as she struggled to breathe. | In one case Thomson forced his victim to the ground, put his hand over her mouth and lay on top of her simulating sex as she struggled to breathe. |
'Unusual case' | |
In another, he grabbed a woman round the neck at Cowcaddens subway station underpass before fondling her and pushing her over. | In another, he grabbed a woman round the neck at Cowcaddens subway station underpass before fondling her and pushing her over. |
Another of his victims bit the teenager in a desperate attempt to try and get away from him. | |
When interviewed, Thomson told police he could not remember some of the attacks. | |
Defence counsel Mark Stewart QC said: "This is clearly an unusual case." | |
He said Thomson, a first offender, had recently left school and had been a member of the RAF cadets. | |
"He is someone who still harbours ambitions to serve in the Royal Air Force," he said. | |
Thomson will continue to be held at the Kibble secure care facility in Paisley, Renfrewshire, while reports are carried out for the court. | Thomson will continue to be held at the Kibble secure care facility in Paisley, Renfrewshire, while reports are carried out for the court. |