A MULTIPLE rapist is behind bars awaiting sentence for wounding a garage mechanic with a butcher's knife more than 30 years after attacking women in Bradford's red light district.

Mohammed Fahad, 46, "flipped" and lunged with the weapon at 20-year-old Nazeeb Hussain at the garage in Girlington, Bradford, on December 29 last year.

Bradford Crown Court heard that Fahad was angry and unhappy about the heating system in his Fiat Punto.

He went from the garage to a nearby butcher's shop, leant across the counter and grabbed a five inch bladed knife.

He waved it at Mr Hussain in Thorn Court and witnesses spoke of him thrusting it into his stomach and chest area.

Prosecutor Ben Crosland said Mr Hussain was saved from serious injury because he was wearing several layers of thick winter clothing.

Fahad pressed the knife into Mr Hussain's chest causing a small incised wound that was treated at Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Fahad threw the weapon down at the butcher's shop and was arrested at the scene.

The court heard that he answered no comment to all police questions.

Fahad was 15 when he was detained for life at Leeds Crown Court in 1984 under the name Shiraz Ahmed Khan.

He was branded "a very great danger to the public" after he admitted the knife-point rapes of three women and attempted rapes of three others in Bradford's red light district.

He was then living in Spring Gardens, Manningham, Bradford.

He was charged with the garage wounding under the name Mohammed Fahad, with an address in Agar Street, Four Lane Ends, Bradford.

Today, Mr Crosland said the Crown had accepted his plea to unlawful wounding and was dropping the more serious allegation of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Fahad has also admitted having a bladed article in a public place.

Balding, grey-bearded Khan had been recalled to prison on indefinite licence, his barrister, Andrew Dallas, said.

Mr Dallas conceded that the knife attack was "a totally irrational response to a problem over a car".

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC adjourned sentence until July 28.

He ruled that a psychiatrist must visit Fahad in jail to compile a further report.

The judge told Fahad: "I do need reports to see what made you flip so dramatically."