A 21-year-old man threatened to kill his male lover in a terrifying attack over fears his girlfriend would find out about their relationship.

Dylan Upton has been jailed for 11 years after he held a knife to his Army veteran lover whilst he was tied up to the bed, and stole items from him.

Upton became violent and '"flipped" after he saw pictures of them on his lover's phone, reports Manchester Evening News .

Manchester Crown Court heard the sick attack happened on June 10 last year, the day after the couple had been to Parklife festival together.

Upton, from Collyhurst, asked his older lover to go out and buy poppers, lubricant and alcohol but when he returned he agreed to be tied to the bed by his wrists and ankles.

He then interrogated his lover and accused him of lying about photographs of them, believing they had been deleted from his phone.

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Upton then began punching him and strangling him and told him his friends would "sort him out" and would put "petrol through his letterbox".

He demanded money and put a kitchen knife to his lover's throat, threatening to kill him unless he handed over the cash.

Upton also demanded the keys to his lover's safe which contained his Falklands War medal, a laptop, foreign money and family photos.

The victim was told to crawl down the stairs, and was ordered to say 'I am a pervert' while Upton recorded him on his mobile phone.

He was then barricaded into a toilet, while Upton ransacked the house.

He cut phone lines, damaged the burglar alarm and carried out an untidy search of the property leaving it 'devastated'.

The court heard the victim suffered 20 different "sites of external injury', a cut lip which needed stitches and bruising and cuts inflicted by the knife.

In court Upton denied any knowledge of the man but he was caught out when DNA was found on a toothbrush at the victim's home.

Defending Amanda Johnson said Upton suffered "a complete loss of temper" and that he was "very concerned" his homosexual relationship would be revealed.

He is 'very ashamed of what he did', Ms Johnson said.

At the time of the incident he had 'spiralled out of control', had engaged in drug taking and 'risk taking behaviour', the barrister said.

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The court heard the victim now "lives in fear" and has since considered taking his own life since the incident.

He plans to quit his job and move away from Manchester.

He said: "It's the last thing I think of at night.

"When I eventually get to sleep it's the first thing I think of in the morning."

He described Upton's behaviour as 'wicked' and 'inexcusable', and said he hopes the defendant will reveal what happened to his 'priceless' war medal, which has not been recovered.

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Upton, of Talgarth Road, Collyhurst, pleaded guilty to robbery and was jailed for 11 years and eight months.

He was also given a restraining order banning him from contacting the victim indefinitely.