A man forced to inform the police before having sex, has lost a legal bid to have the draconian court order lifted, despite arguing it was ruining his life.

John O’Neill, 45, an IT consultant, who has never been convicted of a violent or sexual offence, claimed the Sexual Risk Order had cost him his job and had resulted in him becoming homeless.

But a judge at York Magistrates' Court refused to lift the bizarre restriction completely, after hearing a series of confessions Mr O’Neill had made to medical professionals, in which he admitted beating a women unconscious during intercourse and thinking “a lot” about killing her.