A would-be rapist was today jailed for more than three years after he turned to heroin dealing because he ran up a massive poker debt.
William Bannon who has two previous convictions for attempted rape served a 12-year jail sentence for an horrific sex attack on a teenage girl.
He was released more than 10 years ago and returned to his home in Dundee.
But last year he ran up a massive gambling debt playing poker and found himself owing cash to drug dealers.
His lawyer said that led to him being threatened with violence before allowing his house to be used for drug dealing.
Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed told Dundee Sheriff Court that police raided the property in Dundees Strathmartine Road on December 27 last year.
She said: Officers sear…
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