A man has been jailed for six years for killing a mother-of-one as they had sado-masochistic sex after drinking and taking cocaine until the early hours of the morning.

Jason Gaskell, 23, stabbed Laura Huteson, 21, in the neck at a property in Orchard Park, Hull on February 27.

Gaskell was seen half-naked, covered in blood and looking 'possessed' as he ran outside his house after killing Miss Huteson.

Sheffield Crown Court heard the pair had been having sex when Gaskell cut an artery in Laura's neck after pressing a knife to her throat– despite having only met her that evening.

He was originally charged with murder, but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) accepted a guilty plea of manslaughter - to the horror of his victim's family.

Judge Jeremy Richardson QC told Gaskell, who sobbed as he was sentenced: 'In simple terms you unlawfully killed the woman with whom you were having sexual intercourse by stabbing her through the neck during bizarre and violent, sadomasochistic sexual activity.

Laura Huteson, 21, was stabbed to death during sex at a man's home in Hull. Jason Gaskell admitted a charge of manslaughter

'You deliberately held the knife to her throat during sexual intercourse. Whilst performing the sexual act that knife went through her neck, severing a vital artery and vein.

'You did not intend that to happen but the danger of stabbing the victim was obvious.'

Gaskell and Laura were both intoxicated and had taken drugs the evening they had sex for the first time.

The pair had drunk vodka and taken cocaine and played in the snow with others after meeting for the first time that day.

Jurors heard in the case how the couple left to get cigarettes at 2am and a woman partying with them asked Laura what was wrong.

Laura said Gaskell had strangled her during sex, but she had 'safe-worded' him to get him to stop.

Jason Gaskell, 24, who has been given a six-year jail sentence at Sheffield Crown Court after admitting the gross negligence manslaughter of Laura Huteson, 21, by stabbing her through the neck

She told the woman she couldn't breathe and that she didn't think he would stop but he did.

Another woman named Alisha Chapman left the house at 5am, making Gaskell promise he would look after Laura.

A witness described how he saw Gaskell naked and screaming in the street hours later.

He said: 'We saw the man run out of the house totally naked apart from a rugby vest he had on.

'He was just screaming and he was covered in blood. He ran in and out the house two or three times.'

Gaskell lied when calling the emergency services, saying Laura had 'fallen on the knife', then that she 'rolled on the knife'.

He was described as 'highly distressed' when he called 999 just after 9am.

It later emerged Gaskell 'deliberately held a knife to her neck during sexual intercourse' while being intoxicated by drink and drugs.

During sex he brandished knife he kept under his pillow and held it to her neck – but it pierced her artery.

The court heard 'mild to moderate force' was needed to inflict the injury which was a single stab wound.

However Gaskell said he only realised he'd stabbed Laura when she 'gave a jerking motion'.

Gaskell was on the phone to the emergency services for 22 minutes and was 'rude and confrontational' to the paramedics who arrived.

Gaskell said he understood Laura's family would feel 'anger' towards him, in a letter.

He wrote: 'I know words can't bring Laura back, but I offer the deepest apology and hold only myself responsible for the events that resulted in these horrific circumstances.'

Laura's heartbroken family and friends paid tribute to her following her death with her sister, Cara, saying she missed Laura 'every day'.

Gaskell is sobbing loudly in the dock as the court hears what he did.

Gaskell kept the knife that killed Laura under his pillow. He had held it

Gaskell made no comment in his three police interviews. He had a number of previous convictions, including being jailed for 18 months in York in October 2016 for aggravated vehicle taking and theft.

He also has convictions for burglary, assault and threatening behaviour.

Jason Gaskell killed Laura Huteson as he held a knife to her neck after cocaine-fuelled partying at his home

Prosecuting Nicholas Lumley QC Lumley had earlier read a statement from Laura's mum, in which she said: 'Since my daughter died I feel empty. I can't sleep or eat. I have really bad dreams and hear her calling out to me for help.

'He has destroyed us all. I just want to know why he did this and what happened.'

Judge Richardson said Ms Huteson was a 'much-loved daughter', although she had become estranged from her family.

He said: 'It appears you harboured a desire for, and regularly put into practice, a particularly extreme form of sexual activity in that you enjoyed sadomasochism whereby you held the throats of sexual partners very tightly and regularly used a knife in the midst of sexual congress, usually by holding it against the throat of a woman.

'You kept a knife under your pillow for that purpose.'

He said: 'It is also a sad feature of this case that she ever became involved with you.'

'You knew that what you were doing was acutely dangerous.

'You paid a terrible price. The price paid by Laura Huteson was infinitely greater. She is dead'.

Gaskell has been jailed for six years for gross negligence manslaughter.