Two passing cyclists tried to stop the attack but were threatened by Stephen Dalton, a court hears.
A man has pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting a woman whom he attacked as she walked home after a night out with friends in Belfast.
She met Dalton while walking on a footpath that runs along the River Lagan and she started a conversation with him. "The cyclist had a conversation with the defendant and assessed the complainant," the barrister explained, The court heard that one of the witnesses saw Dalton with his trousers down and he then carried out the sex attack.
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