A violent sado-masochist who forced his victims to torture and beat him has been jailed for 14 years.

Depraved Leonard Davies enjoyed being handcuffed, whipped and burned with hot candle wax, a court heard.

He rigged up a torture device at his Bradford home in which he could be shackled and stretched.

Davies, 57, paid children to cane him and committed a catalogue of sexual offences against a number of victims.

Yesterday Judge Stephen Ashurst said Davies was guilty of "grossly perverted behaviour".

The judge branded it a "truly shocking case" and said Davies plainly derived pleasure from his violent and perverted actions.

Davies, who was already serving a two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for sex offences, had an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order made against him.

He pleaded guilty in March to a further 26 charges of rape, indecent assault and indecency with a child.

Davies, of South Road, Frizinghall, Bradford, sat in the dock at Leeds Crown Court with his head bowed as prosecuting barrister Stephen Wood described his depraved actions.

Mr Wood said Davies sought sexual gratification through sado-masochism. As a schoolboy he had been beaten with sticks by other children and had enjoyed seeing the marks on his body.

As an adult he built up a collection of wooden canes, whips, handcuffs and cord.

He had begged his victims to flog him, punch and kick him. He also ordered them to pour hot wax on him and scratch him with a needle until he bled.

Mr Wood said that Davies had repeatedly raped two of his victims and had threatened others with punishment if they did not carry out his perverted wishes.

Howard Crowson, representing Davies, said he had pleaded guilty at the earliest possible opportunity and that had taken great courage.

Mr Crowson said that a psychiatrist did not perceive Davies to be a serious risk in the community in future.

But he conceded that no sentence could satisfy some of the victims in the case.