A GUEST house worker sexually assaulted a woman as she slept with her husband, a court heard.

John Guntipilli-Souriappan, 35, struck after turning off CCTV cameras and letting himself into the couple’s room in the early hours.

His victim thought it was her husband touching her until she realised he had his back to her and saw Guntipilli-Souriappan, who had earlier checked them in, standing at the end of the bed.

The court heard the attack was described as ‘like something that happens on TV and in the films’ and ‘the stuff of nightmares’.

Clare Walsh, prosecuting, told how the woman’s ordeal began after she and her husband returned to the Avalon Guest House in Woodhouse, Leeds, at 1.15am following a Rod Stewart concert last December.

She said the victim woke up to find her back being rubbed and thought it was her husband. ‘She felt something at her feet. In a sleepy state, she thought it was her dog as she has a dog at home.

‘She kicked her legs out and went to the bathroom. She did not turn the light on.’

The woman got back into bed and fell asleep. It wasn’t long before she was awoken again by someone rubbing her back and touching her. When the hands turned her on to her back she saw her husband lying facing away from her.

Ms Walsh said: ‘She knew that it could not be him. She woke up [her husband] and he turned on the light. When the light went on, she saw a male standing at the end of the bed.’ Guntipilli-Souriappan ran from the room chased by the couple, who then called police.

Leeds crown court heard that, just minutes earlier, Guntipilli-Souriappan had assaulted another guest after letting himself into her room. She told him to leave before fleeing the guest house to stay with a friend.

He then targeted the married woman because his ‘appetite had not been satisfied’, the court heard. He admitted two counts of sexual assault and was jailed for three years and eight months.