A sex monster has been jailed after he sneaked into a hospital cubicle to carry out a sickening sexual assault on a vulnerable elderly woman.
Drug-using Peter Dzudza, 28, who has schizophrenia, had been “staying” in Bradford Royal Infirmary because he was “homeless and cold”, but used the opportunity to ruthlessly target a snoozing patient.
The frail 71-year-old woman had been admitted to the accident and emergency department from home and after having an X-ray was put into a private cubicle to await a consultation and treatment.
She was sat upright in bed and falling asleep when she became aware that someone had entered the cubicle and looked up to see Dzudza.
Rebecca Young, prosecuting, told Bradford Crown Court how the victim “opened her eyes and saw the defendant put his finger to his mouth and say ‘shush’.”
The convicted child rapist then kissed the terrified pensioner on the mouth before placing his hand inside her dressing gown to molest her.
Miss Young said the victim was frightened and confused and in her panic was unable to reach a panic alarm button on the wall behind her.
After she asked Dzudza who he was, the defendant stroked her arm and shoulder as if to calm her down.
Miss Young said Dzudza then kissed the woman again before repeating his assault.
When the woman screamed for help Dzudza fled the room. Hospital CCTV footage later captured him sat in a corridor watching porn on his mobile phone and masturbating.
Dzudza, of no fixed abode, was arrested by police two days after the incident and told officers during the interview he had been “staying” at the hospital.
The court was told how in February Dzudza had been convicted of common assault but had been released on bail and was awaiting sentencing when he committed the fresh offence at the hospital.
Dzudza came to Britain from Slovakia despite being convicted in 2011 of raping a boy under the age of 13. At the time, the offender was aged just 15 and was sentenced to 20 months in a young offenders’ institution in Slovakia.
Dzudza had previously pleaded guilty at an earlier crown court hearing to sexually assaulting the woman at the hospital and on Tuesday was jailed for 27 months.
Mitigating, Paul Canfield said: “He intends upon release to return back to Slovakia and find accommodation with his father.”
Jailing Dzudza, Recorder Sam Green KC said he had specifically targeted an injured woman in a hospital cubicle.
He said: “In my judgement this was akin to, and no better than, entering someone’s home uninvited because she was in a private cubicle lying helpless and you went in there with no permission to do so.”
He said the complainant had been traumatised and still suffered flashbacks and she was now frightened of being admitted to hospital again in case she encounters another “pervert” like Dzudza.
The judge explained that Dzudza would have been jailed for three years after a trial, but his guilty plea meant his sentence was reduced to 27 months.
And because he has been remanded in custody since his arrest, he was told he could be released after serving just nine months.
Recorder Green imposed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and a restraining order which bans Dzudza from entering a hospital unless he is in need of urgent medical treatment or has an appointment.
He will also have to register as a sex offender with the police for next 10 years.