A man is due to be sentenced for the rape of an 88-year-old.

Daniel Hewett, 23, was found asleep in the Hove pensioner’s bed after attacking her in May last year, causing her to have a heart scare.

Just a few months earlier Hewett had been spared a jail sentence for burglary – with the judge saying although he was a “menace” he could also be released.

Hewett, currently in custody, will not be sentenced before noon.