A TOP former Number 10 aide to Tony Blair and John Major, previously convicted of a sex attack on a Tenby barmaid, has been jailed for a second time for a rape

Mark Adams, 56, was jailed for seven years by the High Court in Glasgow on March 26 for the rape of a 19-year-old woman in Edinburgh during the 2017 Edinburgh festival.

He was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh last month.

Adams, who worked as Private Secretary to the two former Prime Ministers, had already been convicted of an unrelated sex attack on a barmaid in Tenby.

Back in January, Adams was jailed for seven years after being found guilty of a rape in London.

The Glasgow sentence will run consecutively to the seven-year sentence he was given in January.

Adams had denied raping a woman in her 20s at his former London home - but was found guilty by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court.

Adams was sentenced to seven years behind bars and ordered to sign the sex offenders register indefinitely.

The former aide was earlier convicted at Swansea Crown Court of a separate case of sexual assault in October last year - but it could not be fully reported until after the second rape case was heard.

Adams was on holiday at Tenby with his elderly mother when he asked the barmaid for a selfie.

But Swansea Crown Court was told that as he took the photo he put his left hand on her bottom.

A court heard Adams told that barmaid: "You have a really nice bottom," before offering her cash to spend the night with him.

The sex attack took place at a pub in Tenby, on December 28, 2017.

Prosecutor Paul Hobson said: "He approached the woman and asked at that stage if he could take a selfie with her.

"She didn't feel concerned about that request, but, as the defendant was taking the photograph, he reached down with his left hand and quite deliberately placed it on her bottom."

Mr Hobson said: "Mr Adams said to her 'Did you feel my hand on your bottom?'

"He then said to her 'You have a really nice bottom’."

Adams said to the barmaid: "I usually pay young girls like you very well."

Mr Hobson said: "He went on to offer her £300 saying to her something like: 'That's a lot of money to you isn't it?’."

The court heard the barmaid attempted to ‘brush off’ the comments, and told Adams that she had a boyfriend.

Adams then offered £400 to spend the night with him - saying they did not need to have sex but he wanted to touch her.

About three hours later Adams returned to the pub after 7pm.

He sat at the bar for an hour before going up to the barmaid saying he left a note under his pint glass.

The note, which included his name, number and email address, said: "Message me, or if less scary email me.

"I'm here until Saturday. Even if you just want to meet for a drink, I'll make it worth your while.

"What have you got to lose? Mark x"

Swansea Crown Court heard the next day the barmaid spotted Adams looking through the pub window towards her.

Adams was later interviewed by police, and said in a statement he had exchanged "flirtatious glances and smiles" with the barmaid.

He admitted offering money, and said he had a "series of pleasant interactions" with the barmaid.

The barmaid said she rejected Adams - who then said her partner "would never find out."

She had noticed Adams staring at her before he asked for a selfie.

Giving evidence in court, the barmaid said: "I have been asked by hundreds of people for lots of selfies, but he is the first one out of everyone to sexually assault me while doing it."

Adams then asked her what she was doing that night and what time her shift finished.

The barmaid said: "I explained to him that I had a partner and I would never do that anyway.

"He then turned around to me and he told me that he was from away, and that my partner would never find out.”

Adams, of Portsmouth, was found guilty of sexual assault.

He was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years, for that offence, and was ordered to complete a rehabilitation course.

At the time of that case, an order was made that details of Adams having previously worked in Downing Street could not be reported, until the conclusion of the Woolwich, and later Scottish case.