A jilted man charged with kidnapping and threatening his former lover killed her when he was released on bail, a court heard yesterday.

Nightclub bouncer Alan Entwistle, 52, vowed: "If I can't have her, no one will," when his relationship with 31-year-old Claire Atkinson ended.

He had faced charges of kidnap and assault after allegedly trapping the mum-of-two in a car on an earlier trip to a DIY store and drawing a knife on her.

When she moved out the next day, he allegedly told her, "You only have a week, you've had it." Entwistle was granted bail and ambushed Claire four days before she was due to testify against him at Blackpool magistrates court.

He stabbed her 13 times after she left work at Iceland in his home town of Fleetwood, Lancs, and dumped her body in a car before crashing it, Preston crown court heard.

Entwistle, who admitted murder, was jailed for life and must serve at least 21 and a half years. Judge Anthony Russell, QC, said: "You were determined to kill Claire Atkinson."