A MAN has been jailed for two years and three months after an attack on a fellow hostel resident left the room looking ‘like a murder scene.’

David Wright, 38, launched the attack on his victim on the day he was released on licence from a prison sentence for burglary and after both men had attended an alcohol support group.

Bradford Crown Court heard today that the pair returned to their accommodation in Queensbury with a bottle of alcohol.

Prosecutor James Holding said the pair chatted and drank before the victim was attacked at the premises with Wright using his hands and fists and at one point putting his fingers in the man’s eyes.

He was punched unconscious and when Wright saw the state of the blood-covered room he left in panic and was eventually arrested a few days later after he was found unconscious in a street in Wyke.

Wright, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on the basis that he had been acting in self-defence but went too far.

Mr Holding said the victim was taken to hospital with a collapsed lung, three broken ribs, a broken cheekbone and significant swelling to both eyes.

The court heard that Wright had 25 previous convictions for more than 50 offences, including wounding and assaults.

His barrister said he was sorry and had not anticipated the level of injury caused.

She said he had just been released from prison without his medication and after the incident he had taken an overdose which led to him being found unconscious in the street.

Jailing Wright for 27 months, Recorder Taryn Turner said the two men were new residents at the accommodation and had gone back there with the bottle after attending the alcohol support group.

“At some point, you launched into an attack on the complainant using your hands and fists and putting your fingers in his eyes before delivering a final blow which rendered him unconscious,” she told Wright.

“In your evidence, you said you saw the complainant pulling a weapon and you did what you had to do to defend yourself.

“You said you woke up and looked at the scene and said it was like a murder scene. You said you hadn’t started it and hit the complainant about four or five times in self-defence but went too far.

“Well you did go too far, and as you know the complainant sustained a number of serious injuries.”