A convicted robber who stole a man's car after leaving him tied and blindfolded in a locked flat following a steamy sex session was later found in a Lanarkshire loft.
Matthew Gregg, 34, first made contact with the male victim through a dating website and agreed to meet on March 25 this year.
They drank vodka and decided to use bondage during sex at the victim's flat, a court heard.
The third time this happened, the victim was blindfolded and realised the dressing gown cord binding his hands behind his back was tighter than before.
The distressed victim was left trapped in the flat in Penrith, Cumbria., for several hours but he finally broke free and called police.
Gregg, of Penrith, was arrested the following day after being found hiding in the loft of a flat where a former partner of his was living in Lanarkshire, central Scotland.
He was jailed for three years at Carlisle Crown Court after admitting two counts of theft and one count of false imprisonment.
A court heard, five or six months before the offences the victim had joined a dating site and through this arranged to meet Gregg at his Penrith flat on Monday, March 25.
Prosecuting, Anthony Parkinson said: "The defendant asked him about sexual preferences, and whether or not he'd like to be tied up during the course of sexual activity."
The third time this happened, the victim was blindfolded and realised the dressing gown cord binding his hands behind his back were tighter than before.
At this stage, Gregg left the room but fifteen minutes later, the man broke free - only to find that he was locked inside the bedroom.
He broke out the flat and realised his mobile phone, keys and car had been stolen - the vehicle was recovered three weeks later.
The victim later picked Gregg out at an identification parade, though he later reported how the experience had left him tearful and embarrassed.
Mitigating, David Wales said a psychological assessment pointed to the cause of his offending as being attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHT).
The defendant already had 49 offences on his criminal record, including the robbery of a cabbie.
Judge Andrew Jefferies QC jailed Gregg for three years after noting that the victim must have been terrified.
