A woman was repeatedly raped at knifepoint in her home by a man who threatened to "cut her throat" if she did not have sex with him.

Rapist Daniel Young, 30, who had a history of sexually assaulting women and children, then said: "What have I done? What have I done?", Hull Crown Court heard.

The victim, who later said she "froze", was so traumatised by her ordeal in Hull earlier this year she has since contemplated suicide. When Young, whom she noticed "reeked of cannabis", had gone she vomited in the bathroom.

In a victim statement read on her behalf by prosecutor Gordon Stables, she said: "In the days after the incident I was terrified. I couldn't eat or sleep.

"I couldn't even stay in the living room where it happened."

She said she no longer went out alone, and the attack had caused ongoing problems in her relationship which she was not sure could be overcome.

She said: "I have thought about committing suicide. Up until yesterday [when Young pleaded guilty, after initially denying the offences] I thought I was going to have to go to court because there was going to be a trial. I was very anxious and worried.

"I just want the whole thing to be over and hope I can get back to my normal outgoing self. It's going to take time, but I don't know if I will ever be the same person again."

DANGEROUS: Rapist Daniel Young, who attacked a woman in her home at knifepoint

After knocking at the victim's door, Young produced a knife and forced the woman into her living room.

Mr Stables said: "He held the knife to her neck and said if she didn't have sex with him he would cut her throat.

"She just froze during the ordeal and simply acceded to his demands."

When Young was arrested and interviewed he denied rape and claimed they had consensual sex. He later admitted two counts of rape and one of attempted rape.

He had an extensive criminal record dating back to 2000. As well as violence, his previous offences included indecent assault of a girl under 16, whom he had attacked in an alleyway near a housing estate, but was disturbed and escape.

Young had also sexually assaulted a woman and had twice held knives to other women's throats.

Paul Genney, for Young, said he had learning difficulties, had been "brutalised" in his youth and had grown up in care. "It's very difficult to conceive of a more wretched upbringing," Mr Genney said.

Judge Jeremy Richardson QC called it an "exceptionally serious case of its kind" and found Young was a dangerous offender.

He was jailed for 15 years and can only be considered for release by the parole board after ten years. Young was given an extended licence period of five years.