A convicted rapist has been sentenced to 10 years jail after being found guilty of a number of charges against two women in Warner Street, Port Douglas.

Sentencing was handed down to Joseph Jack of Hope Vale at the Cairns District Court yesterday.

Jack was 20 when he violently attacked the women who were walking alone in the early hours of November 8 and November 18, 2010.

"He went to trial last week and he was found guilty of all charges," said Detective Sergeant and Officer In Charge at Mossman CIB, Trevor Perham.

These charges were Common Assault for which he was given an 18 month sentence, Assault Occasioning Bodily Harm (2 years 6 months), Rape (10 years), and stealing from the person (6 months).

These terms are to be served concurrently and no minimum sentence was handed down.

"It was really good to get him off the streets," Detective Sergeant Perham said. "He escalated his violence from the first attack to the second.

"He was in his infancy in committing these offences but he very quickly escalated his degree of violence."

Detective Sergeant Perham said Jack preyed on women walking alone after leaving local night spots, and urged others to take heed of the warnings.

"I can't warn people strongly enough about not doing stuff like that. It's a safe place, but we're not immune," he said.

Meanwhile Tristan Bowen, the man charged with Grievous Bodily Harm after allegedly striking former Port Douglas resident Matthew Manns has been remanded to appear in Mossman Magistrates Court on 20 June.

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