Stuart Cuthbertson, 24, stashed himself in the women’s garden and watched her without her knowledge.

The Peeping Tom - who last year walked free from the High Court after being convicted of sexually assaulting two women - struck in February this year in his home town of Barrhead.

And Cuthbertson, who has cut his hair short and now sports a bushy beard, also watched three women through a window in the south side of Glasgow in December.

Paisley Sheriff Court heard he repeatedly stared in a window at three women on December 14, at a property near Silverburn shopping centre.

Cuthbertson admitted the offences at a court hearing last month, and saw a third charge against him dropped.

Prosecutors claimed he had also stared at a women at another property in Glasgow’s south side in October, but the charge was dropped when he admitted behaving in a disorderly way and committing a breach of the peace through his voyeurism.

Last year he was given a Community Payback Order (CPO) by High Court Judge Lord Brailsford after being convicted of sexually assaulting two of his then-fiancé friends while they were sleeping.

The CPO had no punishment part to it and only required Cuthbertson to be supervised by social workers for three years.

Both assaults, which happened six months apart, took place after the victims had been drinking while in Cuthbertson’s company and had fallen asleep.

He was originally charged with sexual assault and attempted rape but pleaded guilty to two sexual assaults.

The first attack, in November 2012, was at a property in Renfrew. Cuthbertson and his fiancé had been on a night out with the woman, who can’t be named for legal reasons, and her husband.

He pulled up her top and stared at her breasts after she fell asleep on a couch.

She woke up during the assault but didn’t say anything until the after the second incident, which happened six months later, in April 2013.

The second attack took place in front of a handful of his friends who had gathered to celebrate a birthday.

Cuthbertson interfered with his second victim, who also cannot be named for legal reasons, in the bedroom of a flat he in Paisley.

The young woman, who 20-year-old at the time, had gone into the bedroom and under the covers, fully clothed, to go to sleep, while other party-goers also lay sleeping in the room.

Cuthbertson came in, pulled back the covers, pulled down the woman’s leggings and pants and sexually assaulted her.

The attack woke her up and several others were awoken by her screams when she realised what was happening.

Due to his previous offending Sheriff James Spy remanded Cuthbertson in custody last month when he admitted his guilt and called for him to be assessed by social workers ahead of sentencing.

When Cuthbertson returned to the dock on Monday Mark Chambers, defending, said Cuthbertson’s latest offences did not constitute a breach of his High Court CPO as CPOs do not require criminals to stop breaking the law.

He explained: “There is no such thing as a conduct requirement in terms of good behaviour and no unpaid work was imposed.” He said the CPO was still ongoing, meaning Cuthbertson would still have to have regular meetings with the social workers looking after him.

The lawyer also said Cuthbertson had spent 72 days on remand for the offences, which is the equivalent of a five-month sentence.

Sheriff Spy jailed Cuthbertson, who used to work as a chef at TGI Friday’s in Braehead, for six months.

The sentence was backdated to February, when Cuthbertson was first remanded in custody.

Due to early release rules he is expected to be freed in a fortnight.