A FORMER drug addict repeatedly stamped on a man's head until he broke his jaw and stabbed another man in the face, leaving the knife buried in his cheek.

Jamie Lloyd was jailed for 10 years at Worcester Crown Court following two assaults in Worcester. The first took place at Fort Royal Park and the second near Needle Point, the sculpture opposite St Paul’s Hostel.

The first victim, Jonathan Darlow, was so badly injured he looked like his face had been ‘through a blender’.

His jaw had to be wired back together and his face has dropped on one side so he feels he looks like he has suffered a stroke. The attack has left him afraid to return to Worcester where his mother lives.

Lloyd, aged 28, of no fixed address, admitted two counts of wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm (section 18), one of threatening someone with a knife in a public place and another of racially aggravated harassment.

The attack on Mr Darlow, who had known Lloyd all his life and had been a work colleague, took place in Fort Royal Park on March 11 last year at around 2am.

Alec Small, prosecuting, said Lloyd carried out the attack over a £50 debt which Mr Darlow owed him for cannabis, although Lloyd said he had never supplied the drug and claimed the attack was motivated by attention the complainant had showed to his girlfriend.

Mr Darlow estimates he was struck between 15 and 16 times.

Another male later joined in the 10-minute assault although the prosecution has not proceeded with this.

His friends left Mr Darlow in the park because they 'did not want to get involved' but saw him later, after the assault. “He was described as looking like he’d been through a blender” said Mr Small.

He suffered two fractures to his jaw and ‘considerable bruising’. One of his teeth was hanging loose and his left eye was swollen shut.

In a victim impact statement Mr Darlow said: “It has properly destroyed my life.”

The wire inside his mouth caused sores to develop and it was painful eating and drinking. He added: “It looks like I’ve had a stroke on one side. I don’t feel like the same person anymore.”

His injuries forced to take six months off work.

The second attack happened at Needle Point on July 17 at around 5pm.

Lloyd was behaving aggressively, throwing a traffic cone at the windscreen of a bus, sharpening a knife on a wall and demanding cigarettes.

Kenneth Crowe who rolled him one but Lloyd was unhappy with the quality.

Mr Small said: “The next thing he remembers is a blood dripping down the left hand side of his face and a knife hanging out of his cheek.”

Lloyd demanded Michael Morretti get rid of the knife or he would stab him as well, Mr Small said.

Mr Morretti did so but placed the knife carefully in a hedge so police could find it later.

There was no victim personal statement for Mr Crowe but the knife left a 3cm wound.

When he was arrested Lloyd racially abused an Asian police officer.

Sam Lamsdale, defending, said Lloyd had been remanded in custody since July 17 last year. She said he grew up with no contact with his father and began drinking at the age of 14.

He did have a job at Mazak in Worcester but could not hold it down because of his drinking.

She said he had a seven year addiction to M-Cat but was now completely free of any addiction to drugs, testing negative since May.

“He is remorseful. He does very much regret what happened on those two days” Mrs Lamsdale said.

Judge Nicolas Cartwright QC jailed Lloyd for a total of 10 years, seven years for the assault on Mr Darlow and two consecutive years for the assault on Mr Crowe.

Lloyd was sentenced to a year for the racially aggravated harassment (consecutive) and a year for threats with the knife (concurrent).

Time served on remand will be deducted from his sentence. He can expect to serve half his sentence in prison and the rest on licence in the community.