sentenced to just two years in prison yesterday.

The latest sexual assault took place in broad daylight on Front Street in January just six days after Gary Marcello Jones, 49, was released from a three-year prison sentence for a separate attack on another woman.

Before handing down the sentence Puisne Judge Norma Wade Miller even commented that: "The fact is when he roams the street he attacks females.

"As the Crown Counsel says as long as he is on the street females are in danger.'' Crown Counsel Brian Calhoun said Jones's many unprovoked attacks on women meant there was no other option but to lock him up.

"We are talking about assaults in homes at mid-day. The court has tried everything, binding over, probation. There is a long and persistent history of sexual assaults on females and he doesn't appear to be slowing down.'' Mr. Calhoun said the latest attack took place on January 11 at 1 p.m. when a woman was preparing to get on her cycle which was parked on Front Street.

After staring at her in a way that made the woman feel uneasy, Jones approached her and asked whether he was actually in Bermuda.

He told her he was not from Bermuda and had only just arrived and then asked for directions.

She suggested he ask for directions at the Hamilton Police station but Jones then lunged at her, reached under her rain jacket and violently grabbed at her buttocks.

When the woman screamed he ran away and was arrested a few days later based on a description supplied by the woman.

During a Police interview he admitted the offence but said he was drunk at the time and became "excited'' when he saw the woman wearing tights.

In court yesterday Jones said at the time he had been celebrating the "festive season, you know season's greetings and all that''.

His mother told Mrs. Justice Wade Miller that the toxic cocktail of alcohol and his regular medication had set him off.

She said he "gets excited'' in the day time when he was on the street but he was always home at night under her supervision.

Mr. Calhoun read more than 35 prior convictions for sexual assault, intruding on the privacy of women, indecently assaulting girls under 14, assault, unlawfully entering houses, trespassing, stalking and other charges.

Jones told the court that he should not go back to prison since during his last stint there he had changed his ways, converted to become a Born Again Christian and now often read the Bible.

He said he was willing to help out the woman he sexually assaulted in any way she wanted.

The judge sentenced him to two years, ordered he be given counselling and recommended psychiatrists give Jones any additional help that they could.