A sex attacker who victimised seven women in a campaign of domestic abuse spanning three decades has been given a life sentence.

Michael Gray was described as a "danger to women" who sexually assaulted his victims while they slept.

The 50-year-old sexually assaulted a former partner using a pool cue and an Irn-Bru bottle.

Gray, of Lochgelly, denied charges including rape, indecent assaults, assaults to the danger of life and a knife attack.

Jurors at the High Court in Livingston unanimously convicted Gray, who also goes by the surname Banks, of 18 charges including nine rapes of four women.

The jury took just two hours to convict the unemployed former fish farm worker of the offences at addresses across Fife between January 1987 and January 2016.

On Thursday, judge Lord Mulholland handed Gray an order for lifelong restriction and ordered him to serve a minimum of seven years behind bars.

He told Gray: "The jury unanimously rejected your evidence of denial and believed the women."

A shout of "yes" was heard from the public gallery as Gray was led away.

Detective chief inspector Debra Forrester, from Police Scotland's Domestic Abuse Task Force, said: "The courage of the victims who spoke out against him should be commended.

"I hope it encourages others who are suffering domestic abuse to have confidence that they will be taken seriously, by both the police and our partners, if they come forward."