Nathaniel Mundle (pictured above) pleaded guilty to raping his latest female victim on September 25

A flasher-turned-rapist has been jailed for 17 years after he strangled and dragged an unconscious woman into his home and held her against her will for over an hour.

Nathaniel Mundle throttled the victim, aged in her forties, before dragging her into his home in Haringey, north London.

Police said the woman was 'violently attacked', but managed to 'bravely escape' 23-year-old Mundle.

Mundle had previously appeared on the local police radar as a potentially dangerous sex offender when caught as a 19-year-old indecently exposing himself to five females in five days.

The victims included cyclists and a dog walker, some with their young children, and resulted in a judge banning Mundle from Walthamstow Marshes, where he would go to hunt him victims.

He ultimately received a non-custodial sentence, having spent time locked-up on remand.

Mundle was previously banned from Walthamstow Marshes (pictured above) after he flashed at five females

He has now pleaded guilty to raping his latest female victim on September 25, last year and also admitted a charge of kidnap and false imprisonment.

Wood Green Crown Court heard it was approximately 4.00pm when the victim was attacked from behind by Mundle, who beat and throttled her until she passed out.

He dragged her into his home and raped her while she was unconscious and forcibly detained her for over an hour.

Fortunately the woman managed to escape and was helped by a neighbour and police and an ambulance were called.

Wood Green Crown Court (stock image pictured above) heard Mundle detained the woman for over an hour

She was hospitalised due to the brutality of the attack.

Mundle fled the scene, but officers were waiting for him when he returned just before 1.00am and arrested him.

Detective Constable Lydia Polydorou-Evangelou, of the North Area Command Unit's Safeguarding Team said: 'This was a shocking, pre-meditated assault in which a woman was violently attacked.

'I would like to thank the victim in this case, who showed great bravery in making her escape and contacting us.

'I would also like to thank her for assisting the investigating team, who made sure this dangerous individual was removed from the public domain and is now unable to hurt anyone else.

'I'm very happy with the sentence and I hope this case underlines how seriously we take allegations like this.'