A man has admitted trying to rape a woman on a London Underground train.
Vincent Saxon, 54, dragged the lone woman to the floor of the Tube carriage during the terrifying attack.
It happened on a Bakerloo Line train between Waterloo and Lambeth North in central London at around 11.40pm on July 11.
The woman bravely fought back, and Saxon fled the train at the next station, Elephant & Castle.
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She alerted station staff and an urgent manhunt was launched to find her attacker.
British Transport Police launched an appeal for information after the ‘horrific’ assault.
They issued a grainy CCTV still of Saxon on the Underground network that night.
He pleaded guilty to attempted rape at Inner London Crown Court yesterday.
Saxon will be sentenced on October 30.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser told Saxon, of no fixed address, he would be remanded in custody until then.
Additional information for psychiatric and probation reports were also ordered.
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