A predator who tried to abduct a young woman in the street has admitted accosting a string of women.
Braulio Dacruz, 30, pulled the 21-year-old's earphones out before taking hold of her arm and demanding she put his number in her phone.
When she said she was going home, Dacruz told her: "You are not, you're staying with me."
He gestured towards a car, telling her "you're coming with me", but the victim managed to escape when Dacruz took a phone call.
Procurator fiscal depute Mark Allan told how Dacruz gripped his victim's arm, putting his other hand in his pocket which lead her to believe he had a weapon.
After police appealed for information over the initial incident, others came forward to report similar behaviour by Dacruz.
One witness came forward after seeing him approaching women outside a gym in Charing Cross.
The court heard how Dacruz, when confronted by the witness, tried to explain his actions, saying: "If I ask 20, I will get one".
Dacruz stopped another woman and asked to speak to her before making sexual comments including: “If you’re feeling alone later take a note of my number, I will show you a good time.”
Dacruz pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to a charge of abduction and assault on August 14 last year at St George’s Road and Woodlands Road in Glasgow.
He also admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at an number of streets in Glasgow city centre on the same day.
When police tracked down Dacruz at an address in Glasgow, he did not believe what he had done was wrong.
He has been remanded in custody ahead of sentencing.
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