THIS is the battered face of a UK sex attacker who was clobbered by his terrified victim with her keys as he tried to rape her - leaving him looking like Frankenstein.
Johnathon Holmes dragged the woman into a hedge in Sheffield, but she hit him in the face with her keys and bit down on his tongue as he forced it inside her mouth.
The 35-year-old’s police mugshot bears an uncanny resemblance to Frankenstein and he has now been jailed for the horrific attack.
His victim told Sheffield Crown Court: “I believed without a doubt this man was going to rape me.
“My life would have been over, he might as well have killed me right there. I was so terrified but so angry.”
Creepy Holmes was caught on CCTV in Sheffield city centre hiding behind walls and watching lone women after he had spent the afternoon and evening drinking in town.
Around midnight on November 1 he started following a 21-year-old woman as she made her way home from work, stalking her through the streets for more than a mile.
The woman who realised she was being followed crossed the street three times in an attempt to escape him.
As Holmes continued to pursue his victim she took out her mobile phone to call her partner and put her keys inside her hand to protect herself if needed.
The woman managed to punch him twice in the stomach with the keys in her hand and started to scream.
Sick Holmes forced her on her back and climbed on top of her, sending her the chilling message: “You are going to enjoy this.”
Holmes began to grope her breast as his victim tried to hit him in the stomach, face and neck while screaming for help.
He told her to shut up and put his hand over her face and then forced his tongue into her mouth.
The woman bit down hard on his tongue and Holmes began to lose his grip on her.
Rachael Harrison, prosecuting, said the victim managed to get herself into a position over Holmes where she could put her keys against his neck and throat.
Two passers-by heard the woman’s cries for help and Holmes jumped over some railing as he tried to escape, injuring himself in the process.
Ms Harrison said his victim said: “He won’t do anything like this to a woman again.”
Police caught up with Holmes at 1.30am and he later told officers he couldn’t remember what happened due to drink.
Holmes who appeared via video link from prison, previously admitted sexual assault was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
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