CONVICTED gang rapist Mohammed Sanoussi made a cowardly exit from Silverwater jail yesterday, shielding his face with a green jumper when released after serving 13 years for his part in the notorious Skaf rapes in Sydney's southwest.

Sanoussi was fitted with an electronic monitoring bracelet around his ankle before he was driven by a Corrective Services officer to a halfway house near Long Bay prison.

There were no family or friends to greet him after finally being granted parole despite several failed attempts.

Sanoussi was jailed when he was 16 for the rapes of a number of teenagers in isolated parts of southwest Sydney in August 2000 while in the company of the notorious Skaf brothers.

He has been refused parole three times since 2010, including being granted release on September 5. But the decision was revoked before he could step out of prison because his brothers and associates with the Brothers For Life gang were charged with assault the day before.

media_camera Skaf gang member Mohamed Sanoussi walks free from jail / Picture: Rohan Kelly

Two weeks later the parole board ordered that Sanoussi be released on parole to live in a halfway house until he found independent accommodation, or his brothers moved out of the

media_camera Skaf gang member Mohammed Sanoussi in an undated copy photo released in 2002, was given an 21-year sentence for his involvement in the gang rape of three girls in Sydney in 2000

family home.

Besides wearing an electronic bracelet Sanoussi has to abide by more than 30 parole conditions, including he not contact his co- ­accused, children under 16 without supervision. He is banned from visiting Kings Cross and a Bankstown gym.

Sanoussi was one in a group of 14 men, led by brothers Bilal and Mohammed Skaf, involved in the attacks in 2000. Bilal Skaf is serving a 36-year prison term and Mohammed Skaf is serving a 23-year prison term.

Another member of the rape gang, identified as "Offender H", will have a parole hearing next year.