October 2017 Sex beast released early from life sentence moved to France and raped two girls 10 and 13 A serial sex attacker who had his life sentence quashed in Britain has been jailed in France after raping two schoolgirls. Francis Kelly was described as a danger to females by a psychiatrist when he was locked up for serious sex crimes in 1999. Despite Prof David Cooke’s report saying he was likely to reoffend, three judges cut his sentence a year later It allowed Kelly, 47, to breach parole conditions and travel to France where he targeted two girls. He raped the 13-year-old daughter of a French woman he married and raped another girl, aged 10, within a year of moving and has now been sentenced to 16 years for the brutal crimes. The mother of one of his victims criticised the sentencing decisions of the three judges, Lord Justice General Rodger, Lord Allanbridge and Lord Caplan. The woman, a former wife of Kelly who can be named only as Camille, said: “The judges who reduced Francis’ sentence made a terrible mistake. “If he had been serving a life sentence, he would not have been able to come to France and commit crimes here.” The 43-year-old from the French town of Ardeche, added: “I did not know he had been given a life sentence. Had I known this, I would have thought about him differently. “I would have considered him a danger.” Kelly had been jailed for life in 1999 and ordered to serve at least three-and-a-half years – but could only be considered for release when a parole board no longer considered him a threat. The judges who reduced Kelly’s life sentence to seven years have all died since they made the decision at Edinburgh’s Court of Appeal in 2000. Now Kelly has been jailed again and banned from all French terrority after being convivted of the rapes he committed there while out on licence. He had originally been jailed for life at the High Court in Edinburgh for two offences against women in Dundee in 1998. Kelly admitted committing a breach of the peace and an indecent assault within minutes of each other. Professor Cooke, who was based at Glasgow Caledonian University, said Kelly was a high risk and was concerned he would reoffend in a serious sexual manner. It was while in prison, Kelly contacted Camille after getting her name from a list of penpals. Once released in 2003, he moved to France a year later and the pair married. The fact he left the country and missed appointments with social workers meant he breached his parole conditions. He was extradited back to Scotland to serve the rest of his sentence. It was then that Camille discovered she had been living with a predator. The allegations about sex attacks on her daughter Astree, who has waived her right to anonymity, and another girl who cannot be named, emerged. The abuse is believed to have started in 2005 and only stopped when he was traced by Scottish authorities and extradited back in 2007. Kelly was sent back to France June 2016 and held in Avignon prison prior to his trial at court in Privas earlier this month. He was jailed for 16 years and is expected to be transferred to a Scottish prison within months. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: “The victims are right to feel let down by the legal system. “I can’t imagine what the families and victims are feeling and the best thing to do for them is to make changes so that it never happens to another family.” Scottish Conservative shadow justice secretary Liam Kerr said: “This is a very concerning case. “This vile individual clearly still posed a threat to society, and he shouldn’t have been released as early as he was. “Had he still been in prison these two victims would not have suffered this horrendous attack.” Had Kelly not re-offended, his behaviour would only have been monitored until 2017 – not for the rest of his life as would have been the case under the original sentence. Within months of leaving Scotland and moving to the south of France, the predator raped one of his new girlfriends daughters, aged 13, and another girl, aged 10. He went on to marry the woman before she realised the full shocking reality of his crimes. The serial sex offender was jailed for 16 years earlier this month after being convicted of attacking the girls.