A NEWPORT man jailed indefinitely for a double sex attack in a city subway was described as a “predatory sex offender”

by the officers who caught him.

Wayne Jackson, 23, of Commercial Road, Pill, was imprisoned for the public protection at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday, after admitting attacking two women in the subway underneath Newport Railway Station in the early hours of November 20 last year.

Detective Inspector Mark Cleland, who was in charge of the British Transport Police investigation, said: “This was a brutal and shocking attack where both victims were subjected to horrific ordeals.

“Jackson is a predatory sex offender and a danger to the public, and although it is some comfort that he will not be in a position to offend again, it has left the victims with emotional scars that will last a lifetime.

“Officers worked tirelessly on this investigation, and their absolute determination to give both victims justice in this case meant that Jackson was tracked down and arrested within 48 hours.”

The court heard Jackson’s first victim was walking through the subway after having an argument with her boyfriend during a night out in the city centre.

Jackson dragged her through a doorway and sexually assaulted her before she persuaded him to go to back to her house. Once inside the woman alerted her housemates and Jackson was thrown out of the house.

He returned to the city centre, where he encountered his second victim outside Marks and Spencer in Commercial Street. The woman was looking for a taxi home and Jackson offered her a lift. As they walked through the subway, he dragged her through the same doorway and violently raped her before threatening to kill her.

Sentencing Jackson, who smirked throughout the hearing, Judge David Wynn Morgan described him as a “very dangerous criminal”

and said he must serve a minimum of six years before he will be considered for parole. If he is ever released he will be on licence for life.