A violent rapist has been jailed for 18 years after committing several offences over two decades.

Oliver Marriott, 33, will be on the sex offenders’ register for life after being sentenced for his crimes earlier this month.

Marriott, from Cuxton near Strood, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Thursday, August 8.

He was originally charged with three counts of rape, actual bodily harm, two counts of controlling and coercive behaviour, two counts of assault by beating, criminal damage and possessing cocaine.

Marriott gave guilty pleas for the crimes with some dating back before 2012.