A vicious thug responsible for a string of terrifying attacks on women is behind bars.
Martin Reilly has been jailed for four and a half years after admitting carrying out a catalogue of appalling crimes against three different women over an eight year period.
The 29-year-old's bully boy tactics including punching, kicking and grabbing his frightened victims by the throat, Lanarkshire Live reports.
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The brute admitted beating up one woman on a number of occasions between September 2018 and March 2019 in Wishaw and Carluke.
Another endured multiple attacks at properties in Lanark and Carstairs and at M&D's at Strathclyde Park and Hamilton train station.
He also pled guilty to several incidents involving a third woman between 2011 and 2014.
Airdrie Sheriff Court was told that Reilly grabbed a frightened victim by the hair, ripped an earring from her ear, banged her head on the ground while repeatedly hitting her.
Another was punched and kicked on her head and body and her breathing restricted when he grabbed her by the throat.
Reilly further admitted accessing private information belonging to one of his victims and creating false messages and images.
