Seven years for sexual predator

A sexual predator has been jailed for seven years for a campaign of domestic abuse spanning 25 years.

Michael Gray was also placed on an order for lifelong restriction after being found guilty of 18 offences of physical and sexual assault.

Gray, 50, of Adamson Road, Lochgelly, who drank up to four bottles of cider a day, was branded a “danger to women” by trial judge Lord Mulholland.

The offences involving seven women took place in Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath between 1987 and 2012.

He was found guilty last October of 10 rapes, three indecent assaults, three assaults to the danger of life and a knife attack.

He was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday.

Gray was investigated by Police Scotland’s Domestic Abuse Task Force after victims were identified.

Detective Chief Inspector Debra Forrester said: “Michael Gray is a predator and a callous and violent individual, who subjected his victims to a campaign of horrific physical and sexual crime over a 25-year period.

“He has received the Order for Lifelong Restriction because of the risk he poses which will impact on the rest of his life.

“This should serve as a clear reminder that domestic abuse in all its forms will not be tolerated and perpetrators of such offences will be brought to justice.”