Ali Majlat, 35, was in Wakefield to visit his brother who was already in the local prison, and targeted the 21-year-old as she was waiting for a train at Kirkgate railway station. Released only weeks earlier from prison in his home country, Majlat viciously attacked the woman on October 12 last year, robbing her of her phone, purse and a bracelet.
He was arrested in London after an appeal by British Transport Police who described how the girl was initially punched, kicked and dragged to the ground before escaping and being caught again in an underpass at the deserted station.
Yesterday Majlat pleaded guilty to rape and robbery. Sentence on him was adjourned to seek further information about his criminal record in Romania.
Judge Alistair McCallum warned Majlat he was considering a possible life sentence after reading a psychiatric report which concluded he posed a serious risk to the public for the "foreseeable future".
He asked Mark McKone defending the Romanian: "Is it right he said: 'When I was on the railway station I thought I should rape this lady in order to get a place to eat and sleep and learn the English language'?" He commented: "That's bizarre" when Mr McKone confirmed what Majlat had said.
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