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A man from Camber in East Sussex has been jailed after raping two teenage girls.

Scott Mucklow, 29, of Denham Way, Camber was sentenced at Brighton Crown Court on Thursday, February 14, and will be a registered sex offender for life.

He was given a 13-year sentence following an investigation by Sussex safeguarding detectives.

Mucklow was sentenced after previously being convicted of raping a teenage girl who at the time was 14-years-old at his address.

As well as this, he was also convicted of three counts of rape with another girl who was aged between 16 and 17 several years later, one of which was at an address nearby Lydd, Kent, and the other two at his own address.

Sussex police confirmed 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 Safeguardng 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 to home to his house, where he raped her. She felt unable to report this until 2017.

""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 vicitms."