A 'highly dangerous' man has been jailed indefinitely for raping a young girl and attacking three more in a single night.
After his arrest, John Hinton wrote a series of disturbing diary entries, describing himself as 'the devil' and writing: 'I still feel like killing and eating somebody.'
He detailed sick fantasies about how he would 'catch the prey and tie her up', saying he wanted to cut a girl up, send her body parts to her family and then drink her blood.
The 23-year-old left the four women fearing for their lives after preying on them in a park in Peterborough in the early hours of June 5 last year.
After he raped his final victim, a 15-year-old girl, he asked her to go out with him and bragged about attacking the other women earlier that night, Peterborough Crown Court heard today.
Hinton's lawyer, John Lloyd-Jones, said his client had 'extremely dark and disturbing fantasies' as he read out the dozens of pages of diary entries he wrote while being held in prison.
Describing the attacks, prosecutor Jonathan Seely said: 'The defendant engaged in a series of serious sexual attacks on young women, culminating in the most serious rape and assault of a 15-year-old.'
The attacks began shortly after midnight when Hinton assaulted two friends before chasing one of them, pinning her to the ground and attempting to pull her clothes off.
He only fled when he was disturbed by residents living nearby, the court heard.
Hinton then stalked another young woman, Mr Seely said: 'He approached her from behind and put a hand over her mouth.
'She started to scream out and yell "rape". He stopped and ran off when a vehicle passed by.'
Trial: Hinton was sentenced to remain in prison indefinitely by a judge at Peterborough Crown Court, pictured
Mr Seely said that in the final incident, the girl had been walking alone when Hinton approached from behind and punched her to the ground.
'She fell unconscious and when she came round he told her to shut up or he would kill her and ordered her to come with him to the park, he said.
'He threatened to slit her throat before he raped her. She believed if she tried to run away he would kill her.'
Afterwards he showed her a magic trick and said he would like to start a relationship with her.
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Hinton, of Peterborough, appeared in court via video link from HMP Peterborough, after admitting rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, causing actual bodily harm, wounding and assault by beating at an earlier hearing.
Mr Lloyd-Jones said that Hinton had been diagnosed with a personality disorder and posed a high risk to the public, but experts had decided he was not appropriate for detention under the Mental Health Act.
'This was one night of madness by somebody who has been a witness and victim of serious physical and sexual abuse as a child,' he added.
Judge Nic Madge imposed an indeterminate sentence for public protection and said Hinton should serve at least six years in jail.
He said: 'There is a serious risk of danger to the public by further offences by you.
'You will be released only when it is no longer necessary for you to be detained for the protection of the public.'