Rapist who tortured women threatens to murder victim in court as he is jailed for life

An "evil" rapist jailed for life for attacks on two women threatened to murder one of his victims as he was handed his sentence.

Andrew Delsol, 55, said: 

I’ll murder that b***h” as he was led to the cells after being jailed for life following a two-week trial.

Delsol, described by a judge as “vicious and self-obsessed”, was found guilty of 11 offences of physical and sexual violence against two women between 1985 and 2001.

During the trial at Bradford Crown Court, the first woman told how she was beaten and raped by Delsol in Bradford when she was a teenager.

His attacks on her included punching and kicking her, trying to drown her in the bath and indecently assaulting her with a carpet cleaner pole.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: 

I did think he was a bit of a schizophrenic, but I think it’s more ‘psychopath’ now.

Delsol was ordered to serve a minimum of nine years behind bars before he can be considered for release by the Parole Board.

The 55-year-old is currently serving a 13-year prison sentence imposed in 2015 for terrorising a young mother he locked in an attic flat over a four-month period.

He was also previously jailed for eight years at Carlisle Crown Court in 2002 after holding his teenage girlfriend captive for six days, threatening to dismember her and attacking her.