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A man has pleaded guilty to robbing two naked men up a Glasgow alleyway.

Stewart Hughes, currently a prisoner in Barlinnie, admitted stealing clothes and £400 from Gaetan Mecona and Anthony Hugh at St Vincent Street Lane in February.

The 28-year-old, who appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court last week, was also originally charged with impersonating a police officer but this was dropped by the Crown.

The court heard how the men had been partying at a Glasgow nightclub and, after getting into an argument at around 3am on February 22, headed to the back of a building where they removed their clothes.

Hughes, who has been jailed five times for similar offences, soon appeared and stole bank cards and items of clothing from the pair.

Procurator Fiscal Depute John Bedford said: “Both males removed their clothing and threw them into an air conditioning access area.

"Both males remained down there for 45 minutes.

“The accused found the males in a state of undress.”

Hughes previously spent 18 months in prison for assault with a knife and a further 22 months in jail for an assault with intent to rob with a knife.

He also spent 30 months inside for another assault with a knife in 2012. In 2014 he was jailed for another 12 months for an intent to rob charge. He was sent to prison for a further 15 months in 2015 for possession of a knife and had 21 days left of an unexpired portion at the time of the offence committed on February 22, 2017.

The PD depute described Hughes as being "aggressive" towards the males stating to them ‘What the f**k did you say, you don’t want me to come down there’.

Both nude men were ordered to hand over their wallets whilst Hughes demanded to know the pin numbers to their bank cards.

CCTV showed Hughes leaving the scene whilst his victims were still down the lane in an air conditioning access area.

After coming back to double check their pin numbers, he took their shoes and told them to stay down the access area for five minutes to allow him time to leave.

Other items taken included a black jacket.

Mr Mecona was seen on CCTV exiting the lane wearing only his boxer shorts before both men could be seen running over to members of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to raise the alarm.

When police arrested Hughes he swallowed "a number of drugs he had secreted" and had to be taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Another person connected with the incident cannot be named for legal reasons.

Sheriff Martin Jones QC ordered a Criminal Justice Social Work report for post custody supervision requirement.

He remanded Hughes in custody until next month.