SNS GroupA violent sex attacker who raped two women is facing a lengthy jail term.
Alexander Fleming also hounded another female and preyed on a schoolgirl.
The 27-year-old had been due to stand trial at the High Court in Glasgow, but instead admitted his guilt.
He will learn his fate next month.
The crimes occurred between 2015 and 2024 at different locations in Lanarkshire including Bellshill and Larkhall.
Fleming was teenager when he first struck.
He pestered an 11-year-old girl to go for a walk with him before asking her to have sex.
Around three years later, Fleming got to know the first rape victim having met on Facebook.
She went on to recall a time she woke up to find Fleming having sex with her.
Prosecutor Alan Parfery said the victim – who also suffered physical abuse – did not realise what had occurred was rape until she had gone through counselling.
The next woman had got on well with Fleming until his behaviour suddenly changed.
Fleming would repeatedly call her and accuse her of infidelity.
He insisted “no one else would want her” and called her names.
Mr Parfery said: “She considered this affected her self-esteem and made her feel dreadful about herself.”
Fleming also threatened to cut off her dogs’ legs and slit the pets’ throats while she watched.
The terrified woman tried to stop contact with him.
But, he told her: “If you think you are just walking away from me, you have another thing coming.”
The court heard he also threatened to “knock the f*** out of her”, wrongly claiming she had been laughing at him.
There was a further incident when she awoke in 2021 to find Fleming clutching a pillow just inches from her face.
Fleming raped the final woman and spat on her while ignoring her pleas to stop.
He also choked her as well as leaving her bruised and bleeding.
Fleming pled guilty to raping two of the women, engaging in abusive behaviour with the third, as well as uttering sexual remarks to the girl.
He was put on the sex offenders list as sentencing was adjourned for reports.
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