A predator who raped two teenage girls in Camber and Romney Marsh has been jailed for 13 years.

Scott Mucklow, of Denham Way, Camber in Sussex was sentenced at Brighton Crown Court on Thursday and will now be on the sex offenders' register for life.

He was sentenced having previously been convicted of raping a girl aged 14 at his home in 2009.

The 29-year-old was also convicted on three counts of raping another girl aged between 16 and 17 several years later, one of them at an address in Lydd, and the other two at his own address.

He was found not guilty of an offence of coercive and controlling conduct against the second victim.

Detective Constable Paul Harrison of the East Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit said: "Mucklow had seen his first victim in the street near his home, and although several years older than her, he eventually got her home to his house, where he raped her.

"She felt unable to report this until 2017.

"Mucklow was a predatory and oppressive exploiter of these two young girls."

"He later formed a relationship with his second victim and raped her several times.

"However she became aware of the allegation by the first victim, as we interviewed Mucklow about it, and although initially supportive of him, once she had escaped that relationship and reflected on what had happened to her too, then contacted us.

"We were then able to fully investigate the offending against both girls and bring him to justice, with their support which included giving evidence against him in court.

"Mucklow was a predatory and oppressive exploiter of these two young girls. This sentencing shows once more that we can successfully investigate such people and provide support to their victims."