He was initially sentenced to five years for raping a Japanese exchange student back in 2010

Daniel Elliot, 24, has been jailed for life for a string of

Daniel Elliot has now been sentenced to life after he was convicted of carrying out a string of horrific sexual assaults while on licence from prison

A 'predatory' rapist released less than halfway into his sentence went onto rape a schoolgirl and sexually assault two other victims, a court heard.

Daniel Elliot was originally jailed for just over five years in 2010 for raping a Japanese exchange student in London.

The 24-year-old, who was released than two-and-a-half years later, has now been sentenced to life after he was convicted of carrying out a string of horrific sexual assaults while on licence from prison.

One of the serial rapist's victims was just 16 when he raped her in front of her boyfriend.

The pair, both 16, were walking home through Beddington Park, Carshalton on September 5 last year in the early hours of the morning when Elliot approached.

He then threatened them with pepper spray, holding the can up to the girl's eyes while he raped her, the court heard.

Addressing Elliot, the judge told him: 'You said you were armed with pepper spray and the male started crying and screaming.

'You raped the victim and asked her if she liked it and had your hand over her mouth.'

She has since undergone a series of health checks for sexually transmitted diseases and always carried a personal alarm after the traumatising assault.

The court heard she felt she had lost her independence while her father said he felt as though he had failed in his responsibilities to protect her.

Elliot, who denied all charges, was convicted of the rape of the schoolgirl at Croydon Crown Court.

He was also found guilty of the attempted rape and digital penetration of a 15-year-old and the sexual assault of a 28 year-old woman in Mellows Park, Wallington on August 3.

'These were attacks on strangers in public places at night, within six weeks of each other, during which you claimed to have a weapon,' Judge Flahive told the serial rapist.

'There was a degree of targeting. They were all terrified and have been psychologically effected by what happened, the effects are great.'

Elliot was convicted of sexually assaulting a 28 year-old woman in Mellows Park, Wallington on August 3

The 15-year-old schoolgirl was also assaulted in front of a male friend in a playground on the evening of November 15 last year.

She was in Grove Park with a 17-year-old boy when Elliot attacked, threatening to stab them if they didn't go along with his demands.

'You punched the boy to the ground and held him down, saying you would hurt him and had a knife,' said Judge Daniel Flahive.

Fearing her friend would be killed, she submitted to Elliot's demands.

The court heard that the attack had a serious impact on the young victim who felt 'angry.'

'The fifteen year-old girl was a bright student whose character has now changed and is now angry and aggressive,' added the judge.

'She has changed her appearance and lost weight.

'The parents feel their daughter has been taken away from them.'

During the attack on the 28-year-old, Elliot had followed her off the bus as she made her way home from work.

Elliot, pictured in 2010, right, was jailed for just over five years for raping a Japanese exchange student in London in 2010 at Croydon Crown Court (left)

He had then attacked threatening to stab her unless she let him rape her.

'You grabbed her from behind and said you were going to stab her,' the judge told Elliot.

'You forced her to the ground while threatening to stab her and you had your hand around her neck and were choking her and forced your hand into her knickers.'

All the offences took place while Elliot was on licence after he was released from jail on October 5, 2012, just two-and-a-half years into his sentence for the summer 2010 attack on the Japanese tourist who asked him for directions in Beckenham.

Today he was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court to life imprisonment - with an eight-year minimum.

Judge Flahive warned: 'You have to be regarded as a dangerous offender and you will only be released when the parole board think it is safe.'

Government guidelines mean that offenders who are sentenced to two years or more will generally serve half their sentence in prison and serve the rest of the sentence in the community on licence.