Man admits sex attacks in Glasgow city centre Published on Thursday 17 May 2012 15:07 A CALL centre worker has admitted raping one woman and trying to rape another in a Glasgow city centre street just days before Christmas. At The High Court in Glasgow today 22-year-old Scott Kerr pleaded guilty to the brutal attacks which took place just 15 minutes apart at James Watt Street, Glasgow, on 21 December last year. Kerr knocked his first victim to the ground and repeatedly attempted to pull down her underwear with intent to rape her. Minutes later he forced his second victim down a ramp, threatened to kill her, forced her to the ground and raped her. Both attacks were captured on CCTV. Advocate depute Gillian Wade, prosecuting, head of the Crown Office's national sexual crimes unit, took the unusual step of playing explicit footage which showed part of the sex attack on Kerr's second victim to judge Lady Stacey. Miss Wade said: "The accused was identified after CCTV images of the perpetrator were shown on the evening news on December 21, last year." The court heard that a number of Kerr's work colleagues phoned the police and Kerr handed himself into a police station in Dundee, although he claimed he knew nothing about either sex attack. Kerr, who originally comes from East Kilbride, was working and living in Dundee, but had returned to Glasgow for a conference and Christmas night out. He and his friends went to a strip club and then he walked off while they returned to their hotel. They tried to phone him, but got no reply. The court heard that prior to the attacks Kerr was caught on camera hanging about James Watt Street for about 40 minutes. Kerr's first victim was a 20-year-old woman walking home from a night out. When he saw her walking down the street at 3:55am he immediately crossed towards her and walked past her. Miss Wade said: "The accused then turns and runs down the street after her. He can be seen on CCTV huckling her off the pavement and into the car park of the Atlantic Quay building. After a number of failed attempts to pull her tights down, the accused then stopped, stood up and ran off. The complainer, who was hysterical, managed to flag down a passing taxi driver. The second attack on a 22-year-old woman, who was also returning home from a Christmas night out, happened 15 minutes later. Kerr walked up to her and tried to engage her in conversation. The woman replied something like: "I don't know," and walked past him. He then began following her. As she reached the entrance to the BT building Kerr grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her into the ramp. Her friend who was on the phone to her rang off and rang her number in the hope of attracting passers-by to her plight, but the mobile was on silent. When Kerr was questioned by police he said he had handed himself in "to get himself out of the picture," and added it was not in his nature to do something like that. Defence QC Robert Anthony said: "He now wholly accepts it was him, although he has no recollection of committing these offences. He pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity. He was keen to ensure that these young ladies did not have to relive what must have been a nightmare for them. It is of extreme regret to him that happened. He has expressed remorse for what happened. Judge Lady Stacey deferred sentence until next month for background reports and a risk assessment and told Kerr: "It seems that you are a danger to the public."