A VIOLENT rapist who attacked a terrified prostitute behind a Bradford pub has been branded a public danger and detained indefinitely in a mental hospital.

Dawood Mohammed, 24, was a paranoid schizophrenic whose condition was worsened by his drug taking, Bradford Crown Court heard today.

He had a history of refusing to take his medication and evading contact with mental health services.

Mohammed, of Roper Lane, Queensbury, Bradford, was found by a jury to have twice raped the woman in a dark, secluded area behind the Harp of Erin pub in Chain Street after picking her up in Westgate for sex.

The woman wept as she told how she had sex with Mohammed for £20 a few days before he raped her in the early hours of August 11 last year.

He pushed her head against a wall after covering her mouth and ordering her not to scream.

She struggled to breathe because she suffers from lung disease.

After twice raping her, he rummaged through her handbag for money and made off with a corkscrew.

He ordered the weeping woman not to call the police and to wait where she was for five minutes.

After his arrest, she picked Mohammed out at an identity parade, saying she was 99 per cent certain he was her assailant.

The court heard that DNA evidence linked him to the rape scene.

Judge Peter Benson told the jury at the start of the trial that Mohammed was too unwell to engage with the court process.

Instead of returning the customary verdicts,the jurors decided in his absence that Mohammed did commit the acts charged against him.

Psychiatrist Jonathan Green told the court that Mohammed suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and posed a risk of serious harm to the public when at large.

His condition had been stable since early December but further non-compliance with a treatment plan could lead to a relapse.

Mohammed was in Newton Lodge Hospital in Wakefield where it was proposed he remained for the foreseeable future.

Judge Benson made a Hospital Order under the Mental Health Act without limit of time.

He said Mohammed had committed violent rape, grabbing his victim and forcing her head against a wall.

He needed long-term treatment as an inpatient in a mental hospital.

Mohammed's condition was exacerbated by his use of drugs and he could cause the public serious harm, Judge Benson noted.