‘Sadistic’ charmer jailed indefinitely

A CHARMER who swept a Swedish shop assistant off her feet before beginning a “sadistic” campaign of violence and torture has been jailed indefinitely.

Amanda Estay-Lilja, 26, fell head-over-heels in love with Norman Reid after he chatted her up in a pub.

But by the end of their relationship in March last year she was left battered and terrified by a series of brutal attacks that left her fearing for her life.

The Old Bailey heard Reid would be prone to mood swings in which he would tie her up and beat her, fracturing her eye socket and breaking her nose.

He even once smashed a beer bottle and threatened to blind her with it.

When her anxious mother booked her on a flight back to Sweden, Reid stopped her from going by cutting up her passport with a pair of scissors.

He even claimed that he could have her killed and also arrange for her parents in Sweden to be murdered.

Reid, 39, of Clapton, east London, was given an indeterminate sentence for public protection with a minimum term of four-and-a-half years.