A SADISTIC thug who ripped out his lover's teeth with pliers during a horrific campaign of domestic violence has been given a life sentence.

Donald Jeffrey's victim sobbed as she recalled her years of misery at his hands.

She told how her teeth rattled off the floor as Jeffrey coolly pulled them from her mouth - then made her pose in front of a mirror.

A jury heard how he repeatedly raped the mum, tried to drown her in a freezing bath and threatened to chuck her out a 17th-floor window.

He also dropped heavy dumb-bells onto her body after demanding she lie on the ground.

Jeffery had also, by this time, unleashed his temper on another woman - which left her so broken she thought about killing him.

The 44-year-old was convicted of a total of 13 charges following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow, and, today at the High Court in Paisley, judge Lord Matthews imposed an order for lifelong restriction on Jeffrey - who denied the allegations - meaning he will be supervised for the rest of his life after being released from prison.

He was ordered to serve 10 years behind bars for his "appalling offences" before being eligible for parole and placed on the Sex Offenders' register indefinitely.

Passing sentence, the judge told Jeffrey: "You were found guilty of a catalogue of appalling offences against two vulnerable women who had the misfortune to be your partners.

"The relationships were characterised by jealousy, serious violence and rape.

"You dominated the lives of these women and subjected them to extreme emotional and physical cruelty as well as sexual aggression."

He added: "It is obvious you are a very dangerous man and it is my duty to protect the public from you for as long as you are able to lift a finger, I propose therefore to make an order for lifelong restriction."

The jury heard after the verdicts that Jeffrey already had three high court convictions.

He was previously jailed for robbery, firearms offences and drug offences.