A man who crept into a Fishguard woman’s bedroom in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her as she slept has suddenly changed his plea to guilty.

Daniel James Tudor, aged 22, had been on trial before a jury at Swansea crown court after denying the offence.

But when it came to entering the witness box and giving his account of what happened he declined and admitted sexual assault.

Tudor, of Glebe House, Winch Lane, Haverfordwest, was immediately remanded into custody and will be sentenced on August 1.

The jury had heard how the woman had worked late on February 14 last year and a friend had walked her home.

Before he left he ensured that all the windows and doors were closed.

She was so tired she went to bed fully clothed.

But in the early hours she awoke to find Tudor shinning the light from a mobile telephone into her face and fondling her over her clothing.

She was so startled that she demanded to know “who the f*** are you” and knocked the telephone from his hand.

Tudor told her, “I’m Daniel. I have no-where else to stay.”

She ushered him downstairs and asked him how he had got into the house, and he indicated a lounge window.

After Tudor had left she sent a text message to a friend who telephoned the police.

After his arrest Tudor told officers he had been drinking in Fishguard, and had intended to sleep the night at a friend’s house.

But it became so late he thought he would try and stay at the woman’s house instead.

Tudor said he went upstairs and touched her arm to wake her and if he had touched her sexually it must have been accidentally.

Stephen Rees, prosecuting, said: “On passing her house he broke in and molested her.

“It is fanciful to suggest that the touching and fondling could have been a mistake.”