A Fife bodybuilder found guilty of four rapes could be imprisoned for life after a judge imposed stringent restrictions on him.
Craig Mackay was jailed for five years and an order for lifelong restriction was granted by the sentencing judge at the High Court in Glasgow.
The order means Mackay can only be freed after the five-year “punishment” portion of the sentence if the authorities are convinced he is no longer a danger to the public.
Even then, he will be subject to intensive supervision.
He was placed on the Sex Offenders Register when he was convicted at the High Court in Livingston after a trial in June.
Mackay, 33, of Ashgrove in Methil was found guilty of assaulting and raping a pair of 32-year-olds, one to the danger of her life.
At that time, Advocate depute Christopher Macintosh revealed Mackay had previously served a prison sentence for serious assault, with a domestic aggravation.
He had a string of convictions for domestic violence and disorder involving one of the women he went on to rape.
Admitted abuse, denied rape
In a victim impact statement one of the women told of being raped three times by the accused.
She gave evidence that she thought she was going to die when Mackay grabbed her by the throat and raped her.
She said: “I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t swallow.”
The neighbour said the woman then gave her a “very graphic” description of being assaulted by the accused, who repeatedly made abusive phone calls to her as they spoke.
Mackay admitted being abusive but denied rape.
He had said: “I was really volatile on drink and I come to blows quite a lot.
“I maybe lifted my hands (but) one thing I’m definitely not is a rapist.
“I hate people who do things like that.”
