The victim of a child sex attacker says she is living in fear of his return when he is released from jail in the next few weeks.

The 23-year-old, who was subjected to a terrible series of attacks, says paedophile George Bates should not be allowed to return to the city.

And her calls have been backed by her MP who said he would take up her case with the Home Office.

Bates, 54, was jailed for seven years for a catalogue of horrifying sex offences, including four rapes, when the girl was aged seven to 15. Now the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has learned Bates is to be released next month and will be allowed to return to Bradford, where most of the assaults took place.

"From now on I am going to be a prisoner in my own home," she said.

The Girlington single mother, who claims Bates once held a hammer to her head during an attack and threatened to kill her, said she has been told he is to be released in July.

She said: "The threats were so real I seriously don't think I will live to see my daughter's second birthday in September."

But she said she felt let down by conditions which only restrict him from certain parts of the city.

"Knowing he is coming out has made me feel dirty and disgusting again," she said.

"I have been told he won't be allowed to go to Girlington or Holme Wood, but there's nothing to stop me from bumping into him in town. I think I would collapse if I saw him. I am so petrified."

The victim, who once tried to take her own life and turned to self-harm and heroin following the court case, says she now wishes she had never spoken out in court about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of Bates in Holme Wood.

"It has been an ongoing battle which has ripped my family apart and now I am having to fight the authorities because I don't want him anywhere near me," she said.

"I was so pleased when I heard he was going to prison because I thought justice had been done. But looking back it hasn't been done at all.

"I wish I had never spoken up because at least then I'd still have my life. It is just constant torment."

Under conditions decided by a panel of police, probation and prison representatives, called Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA), restraints put in place have to also consider the human rights of the offender.

The victim will not be told where he will eventually live or when exactly he is to be released.

Detective Inspector Steve Long, a member of the panel for Bradford police, said: "We have to look at offenders and the threat they pose to their victims.

"We will put constraints on their movements to safeguard victims and exclude them from a set area where the victim is known to frequent.

"But under Home Office rules we cannot restrict someone from a whole area."

He said crime prevention measures including personal alarms could also be installed in victim's homes and tagging offenders could trace their movements at night.

But Marsha Singh, MP for Bradford West, said he was surprised to hear the conditions of Bates's release.

He said: "Stricter conditions need to be placed on this person. He should not be allowed into Bradford and even Yorkshire and we will be fully supporting the victim and making representations on her behalf to the Home Office."

Bates is initially expected to be housed in Probation Service accommodation in Yorkshire when he is released.

Stuart Macpherson, area manager for West Yorkshire Probation, said he could not comment on individual cases but where victims had serious concerns police could deploy protective measures for their safety.

He said: "An offender's behaviour is closely monitored by police and probation.

"If that behaviour gives cause for concern, the offender's licence will be revoked and they will immediately be recalled to prison."