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A DISGRACED St Andrews University PhD student has admitted carrying out sex attacks on two women.

Pasquale Galianni, an award-winning astronomy specialist, who already has a previous conviction for a similar offence, denied the offences but changed his plea during his trial.

Yesterday at the High Court in Glasgow, Judge Lord Burns deferred sentence but placed him on the Sex Offenders Register.

Galiannis first victim was a 19-year-old student whom he grabbed, dragged into undergrowth, and attacked during November last year. His second offence occurred when he targeted another woman in April.

Both incidents happened at the North Haugh university campus.

The first attack victim said in evidence: He was holding me down and trying to take my tights down. I just remember him saying pretty lady. I thought that he sounded foreign. It wasnt a British accent.

He was holding me down and trying to take my tights down. I just remember him saying pretty lady

Victim

He was strong and I didnt think Id be able to push him off. I screamed and basically, after Id screamed, he got up and ran away.

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