A LAW student who raped two partners and sexually assaulted a third has been jailed for 10 years.
Michael Tupper tortured three women during a decade long campaign.
The 29 year-old told one he would abort her unborn child using a coat hanger and attacked another while her baby daughter was nearby.
Tupper - described as a "Jekyll and Hyde" character - returned to the High Court in Glasgow after being convicted of a string of charges including rape and sexual assault.
Judge Lady Scott told him: "These charges show a serious course of conduct against women who were your partners at the time.
"The conduct was manipulative and violent. You clearly posed a danger to women who entered into a relationship with you."
Tupper will also be supervised for a further two years on his release.
The abuse took place between 2004 and 2014 involving three partners.
Prosecutor Mark McGuire told the jury: "Relationships...degenerated due to his possessive and controlling nature.
"They each spoke to him being somewhat of a Jekyll and Hyde character.
"Caring and sweet to begin with, but later more sinister and monstrous."
One young woman - now 22 - suffered at his hands after they began dating in 2013.
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