A 28-year-old man has been jailed for life for the murder of a Bradford casino boss who died in a frenzied knife attack.

Dean Wood must serve at least 13 years before he is eligible for parole.

Wood pleaded guilty on Monday to the murder of 62-year-old Barry DeLacy on February 3 this year and appeared at Leeds Crown Court yesterday for sentencing.

Judge James Stewart QC told him: "The aggravating feature here is the prolonged and vicious nature of the attack which must have caused your victim terror and suffering before his death."

The judge added: "What prompted you to behave in this incredibly violent fashion we will never know."

The judge said that he took into account that it was not a premeditated murder and that Wood suffered from a personality disorder and also had a history of alcohol abuse.

He said: "Your psychological history and the problems from which you have suffered are undoubtedly a mitigating factor."

Mr DeLacy, of Tipton, Dudley, West Midlands, was attacked hours after meeting Wood in a pub in Leeds.

The court was told that Mr DeLacy, a casino director with A&S Leisure which runs Napoleon casinos, was stabbed 28 times in a frenzied and violent attack in his flat in Leeds after meeting Wood.

The court was told that Wood, of Langley Moor, Durham, who had been drinking, approached Mr DeLacy shortly after 9pm in The Bridge pub in Leeds, where Mr DeLacy asked him if he had ever had sex for money. The two men left the pub shortly after 10pm and took a taxi to Mr DeLacy's flat in York Place.

Mr DeLacy, who managed casinos in Bradford, Leeds and Hull, removed "a large amount of money", about £300, from his pocket which he said was for Wood to keep, whether he slept with him or not.

Mr DeLacy suffered 28 separate stab wounds to his body and died from massive external blood loss.

Wood, whose clothes were covered in blood, showered while still wearing his trousers before returning to sit on the bed. The court heard Wood then removed his trousers and took another shower, leaving a trail of bloody sock and foot prints across the flat.

Shortly after 11pm, he started to shout for help from the flat window and, when no-one came, set off the building's fire alarm.

Wood originally told police he was in the shower while a third, unknown person entered the flat and murdered Mr DeLacy, but forensic evidence linked him to the murder.

The court was told Wood had grabbed a kitchen knife from Mr DeLacy's flat and launched a frenzied attack.

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