Trial dates have been set for a man dangerously close to being declared a dangerous offender.

Thirty-four-year-old Stephen Hopkins is facing several charges involving indecent acts while doing time at HMP.

Incidents are alleged to have occurred in front of staff and other inmates this past January, last June, and in March of 2023.

Hopkins was sentenced this time last year to six-and-a-half years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in her Cowan Heights home in 2020.

That was in addition to previous sex offences, resulting in long-term offender status for five years, as long as he stayed out of trouble.

At the time, he narrowly avoided dangerous offender status, which comes with an indefinite prison term.

But that decision will likely be revisited if Hopkins is convicted on the new charges.

It remains to be seen if he’ll represent himself, as he’s done unsuccessfully in the past.

His three-day trial is scheduled for mid-April in Supreme Court.