A FORMER Inland Revenue worker who borrowed cash to buy a hammer so he could fulfill his fantasy of killing his ex-girlfriend has been jailed indefinitely.

Paul Dagg turned up at Stacey Baines' home and started to smash his way in with a claw hammer while shouting 'you are dead' on February 4.

Newcastle Crown Court heard how the 24-year-old was arrested before he could cause any serious harm.

But he told police, after realising he was out of cash, he had borrowed money to buy the hammer to kill her and had been "excited" at the prospect of joining Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe behind bars.

He said he wanted to hit her on the head until she died and then have sex with the body.

During his sentencing hearing, however, Dagg told the court he was not really a danger and had thought up the sick fantasies in a bid to shock people.

He said he got a kick out of being a pathological liar.

Newcastle Crown Court heard how the couple's relationship came to an end in September 2005 and he initially seemed to accept it.

But in November 2006 he sent his former love a letter saying he was thinking about killing her and her work colleages.

And a few months later, in Feburary this year, he turned up at her Sunderland home with the hammer and smashed the glass in her front door while threatening to kill her.

Prosecutor Roger Liddle told the court: "When asked (by police) what he had gone there to do he said he wanted to kill her.

"He had used the hammer to break the glass.

"He confessed he had gone around to the house with the intention of killing.

"He was interviewed again and again confesed he had a wish to kill her.

"He went to buy a hammer to do it but had insufficient funds so he borrowed some money from a friend.

"He was excited at the prospect of joining Peter Sutcliffe and others.

"He went around and waited until he was sure she was in.

"He accepted he completely lost it and he took some delight in the fear he inflicted upon her.

"He said he wanted to make her life a complete misery, a complete and utter living hell "He said he had visions of killing someone before he met Miss Baines and said he wanted to hit her on the head until she died and then wanted to have sex with her."

Dagg, of no fixed address, admitted making threats to kill, criminal damage and having an offensive weapon.

Giving evidence at his sentencing hearing yesterday Dagg told the court he had no intention of carrying out any of his sinister threats and had just been seeking attention.

He told the court: "I want to express my complete and utter remorse for my actions, my actions were wrong and completely selfish.

"I believe I suffer from a personality disorder and my personality disorder has made me become a pathological liar.

"She was a wonderful person who never deserved what I have put her through.

"I honestly get a kick out of lying, I get a kick out of going to police stations.

"The more attention I get the more I like it, the more I shock people the more I like it.

"My aim was simply to shock people.

"I just thought I was going to get a slap on the wrists."

Defence barriser Robin Patton said Dagg was a fantasist intent on attention seeking.

Mr Patton said: "He has been so good at convincing people he is dangerous that it is now difficult to convince people otherwise."

Judge David Hodson jailed Dagg indefinitely and ordered he cannot apply for parole for 18 months.

The judge said; "You have spent a considerable amount of time saying a variety of things which have caused a lot of people to be very concerned about the risk you pose to other people, especially Stacey Baines.

"The court has to have public safety in mind, regardless of what you say to me now."

Judge Hodson said it will be up to Dagg to convince the parole board he no longer poses a danger to anybody before he will be considered for release on licence.