A SERIAL sex attacker who raped a woman and a teenage girl has been jailed for 10 years.

Joshua Nyarko had denied preying on his victims during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Prosecutors stated how the 42-year-old cut off the woman's underwear with a machete during one horror attack.

Nyarko was found guilty of three rape charges as well as sexually assaulting another girl.

The crime occurred between 2011 and 2019 in Glasgow's Govanhill and in Bellshill, Lanarkshire.

Sentencing, Lord Young told Nyarko: "I did see how each gave evidence and it is impossible not to conclude your actions have caused serious and ongoing harm."

He will also be supervised for a further three years on his release.

The judge said an extended sentence was "appropriate" to monitor Nyarko when back on the streets.

The rapist, of Bellshill, was further hit with a 15-year non-harassment order banning him from contacting the woman.

The sentencing hearing was told Nyarko continues to deny the charges.

He claimed the victims made up false claims about him.

Nyarko had faced an accusation that he had supplied cannabis to the girls, but this was withdrawn by prosecutors.