An OAP predator who offered to help an intoxicated woman subjected her to a sex attack while she was asleep on his sofa.
Bruce Waddell, 76, had been tasked with taking the female to her house after a night out, but instead took her to his own home where he preyed on her.
She woke up “disorientated” to find her clothing partially removed and Waddell performing a sex act on her while wearing only his boxer shorts.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard the victim fled the house and flagged down a white van in the street to get away from her attacker.
Waddell, of Ladybridge Street, Arbroath, initially said to police that the sexual contact had been “consensual, 50/50”.
He has now been remanded and is facing a “significant” prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexual assault on November 27, 2016.
The court heard that the woman fell asleep “almost immediately” when she got into a taxi with Waddell.
Fiscal depute Nicola Gillespie said: “The next memory the complainer has is waking up in the accused’s home and being aware he was digitally penetrating her.
“She was very disoriented. She realised she was on the sofa and her trousers and underwear had been pulled down to her ankles.
“Her top and bra had been pulled up to her neck and she then realised he was touching one of her breasts.
“She realised he was wearing boxers and nothing else.”
The woman jumped up and started shouting at Waddell, who told her “it just happened”.
She went out on to the street, with Waddell following her and repeating “I didn’t mean it to happen”, the court was told.
The woman kept running and asked a white van driver, who described her as “physically shaking”, to take her home.
The court heard that she scrubbed herself clean when she got home and vomited.
Waddell sent her a text the following day apologising for what had happened but she replied saying she would “never be able to forget” and that she had “trusted” him.
Initially she did not tell anyone about what had happened and felt “guilty” and “disgusted with herself” for getting drunk.
Defence solicitor Andy Lyall said his client had lived a “blameless” life before this offence and that he saw “no reason” for Waddell to be in custody while awaiting sentencing.
Sheriff Alastair Brown disagreed and said: “In any view, this is a serious crime.
“I am obliged to obtain a criminal justice social work report but you will be remanded in custody.”
Sentencing was deferred until May 20 and Waddell was placed on the sex offender’s register.
