A vile rapist who attacked two teenage girls after luring them to his garage has been jailed.

Gregg Smith told one of his victims he had ‘raped 13-year-olds before’ while subjecting her to a horrific sex attack.

And in a separate case Smith twice raped a girl of 14 after plying her with alcohol and cigarettes. She only managed to get away from him after one of her friends interrupted his attack.

Smith, 27, from Sale, was jailed for 16 years at a hearing at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court on Friday, September 4.

He had previously being found guilty of four counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault and two counts of failure to comply with notice to make a disclosure after denying carrying out the attacks.

The first happened in February after Smith picked up two 14-year-old girls in his car.

After giving them alcohol and cigarettes one of the girls told him she was 15 and he replied: “Age is just a number.”

He then ordered one of the girls out of the car after driving them both to an isolated location, before raping and sexually assaulting the other.

The attack continued as he raped the same girl after driving the pair to his car repair garage on Glebe Road, Urmston. He was only stopped when the second girl interrupted his attack and tried to get Smith off her friend.

Smith picked up his other victim, aged 16, in the early hours of Friday, July 18, after meeting her in the street and asking her if she wanted to ‘smoke weed’ with him.

She thought he was part of a group of friends she had been with and agreed, before Smith raped her after leading her into the back of a van inside his garage.

Smith continued his sickening two hour assault despite repeated pleas from the victim to stop, to which he replied: “I will stop when I’ve finished.”

And after telling the young victim he had “raped 13-year-olds before” he asked if she wanted to watch a video of it.

Smith was eventually snared after a member of the public recognised him from a police appeal while he was sitting on a wall outside a shop in Sale.

During an investigation into the rape in February 2014, Smith was arrested and claimed to have had consensual sex with the girl, telling police he believed her to be 16.

But he refused to reveal passcodes to access an iPhone and tablet police had seized from him, which they believed may have contained video evidence of the assaults.

Detective Inspector Debbie Oakes said: “Smith is a repugnant and dangerous individual who has subjected two young girls to appalling sex attacks.

“He has lured them to his garage before forcing himself on them. It is clear that Smith was well aware of the age and vulnerability of his victims but even with his knowledge of how young they were, he knowingly carried out these horrendous crimes.

“During his heinous crimes, Smith also made distressing and worrying boasts about committing similar offences.

“If anyone has been affected by this investigation, or have been a victim of rape or sexual assault, then I would urge them to come forward.”