Daniel Drury, 22, has been jailed for more than six years for subjecting the women to an horrific ordeal
Two students have been praised by a judge for fighting off a sex attacker who subjected them to a terrifying ordeal after he barged his way into their homes.
Daniel Drury from Wrexham followed one of the students, an 18-year-old woman, home asked her for sex and then chased her when she ran away.
When she tried to get into her house he was able to push the door open and barge in before she had a chance to lock it.
He then followed her to the back of the house where he sexually assaulted, Mold Crown Court heard.
But showing incredible bravery, she repeatedly punched Drury to the face and he ran off in an attack that took place in September last year.
Drury a 'danger to young women'
The following month Drury, 22, broke into the home of a 23-year-old student and tried to attack her.
Prosecuting barrister Myles Wilson said the woman was brushing her hair in her bedroom, getting ready to go out for dinner, when she went to investigate a noise.
She was confronted by Drury at the top of the stairs.
Mr Wilson said that she went to push him away and screamed at him to leave her home.
But he said he would only go “after she gave him oral sex”.
The bravery shown by the victims was 'remarkable'
He pushed her back into the bedroom and onto the bed but she “screamed as loud as she had ever screamed before and kicked him off”.
Drury fled from the house but was later he was seen at the back of the house trying the gate and the gate of a neighbour, an elderly woman living alone.
Judge Rhys Rowlands said Drury, formerly of The Foyer Hostel, Wrexham was “a danger to young women” and described the two victims as “remarkable young women”.
He said: “This court takes its hat off to both of them over the way they dealt with an absolutely terrifying ordeal.”
Drury admitted two charges of trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence, and one charge of sexual assault on his first victim and was jailed for six years and four months under the dangerousness provisions which means that he will have to serve two thirds of the sentence before he is considered for release.
'These attacks were terrifying for victims'
Judge Rowlands also extended his licence by two years: “I think he poses a very high risk of serious harm in the future and that has to be addressed.”
Drury, who sat with his head bowed when the impact of his attacks on the victims were read out in court, appeared at Mold Crown Court via a live television link from Altcourse Prison in Liverpool.
He was ordered to register indefinitely with the police as a sex offender and a 10 year restraining order was made.
Under that order he is not to approach his victims or their families, go within 100 metres of their home addresses and he is not to post anything about them on social media.
'It has totally changed my life'
In a victim impact statement read to the court the first woman told how she no longer felt safe in her own home: “It has totally changed my life,” she said.
The second victim said she had recurring thought about what could have happened to her that nigh but as determined not to let it affect her life.
Mark Connor, defending, said described Drury as a young man with mental health issues.
He suggested that Drury could be dealt with by a determinate sentence rather being treated as a dangerous offender.
But Judge Rowlands said that he was “firmly of the view” that he did present a significant risk of causing serious harm.
If he had been convicted after trial he would have received a nine and a half year sentence, he said.
Speaking after sentencing Det Chief Insp Neil Harrison said: “These incidents were terrifying for both the females involved, particularly given that Drury forced himself into their own homes. Such incidents are, thankfully, rare and Drury was identified quickly as a result of police enquires.
“The sentence reflects the seriousness of both incidents and the impact that they had on his victims.”
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