A rapist who repeatedly assaulted a woman, threatened to kill her, held a knife to her throat, and chipped her teeth has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Scott Webster, 27, from Brier Road, Tadworth, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Friday, January 6.

A jury found Webster guilty of nine counts of rape, three counts of assault, and two counts of assault by penetration after an eight-day trial at Croydon Crown Court in November.

He was also cleared of one count of rape in a public place.

On one occasion, Webster held a knife to his victim’s throat and told her he would kill her, Croydon Crown Court heard during the trial. He also twice chipped her teeth during assaults.

Giving evidence from behind a screen, the victim told the court that while raping her: “He held my waist and said, ‘I will be quick. The more you move, the more it will hurt.’”

She also told the court that Webster's attacks were carefully targeted on parts of her body that "you couldn't really see".

"I was always covered in bruises and had grab marks on my legs and arms," she said.

"I was stupid. I often thought I deserved it and made it happen."

She kept her bruises hidden from friends and family with long clothing, even during hot summer temperatures, prosecutor, Mr Simon Gledhill told the court.

But she progressively began to confide in her sister after she reported Webster to the police for biting her on the nose. Webster admitted this and was issued with a caution.

Webster was later arrested on September 28, 2014.

He denied all the allegations and pleaded not guilty to all charges at Croydon Magistrates' Court on May 10, 2016.

The offences took place between 2011 and 2013.