A thug who carried out a brutal homicide bid on his companion's ex-lover in Lanarkshire has been jailed for six years.
Shaun Myers, 30, turned on the person on the sufferer's flat in Rutherglen on January 9 2021.
The sufferer was stamped on so badly he was left along with his attacker's footprint on his face.
Myers was sentenced on the Excessive Court docket in Glasgow having earlier pled responsible to an tried homicide cost.
Prosecutor Isabella Ennis earlier instructed how the sufferer had initially been at his residence with a pal.
Myers - who had moved again in along with his mom subsequent door - then turned up drunk.
Miss Ennis stated an argument broke out between Myers and the sufferer's pal concerning an incident involving his companion.
This was stated to have occurred within the sufferer's residence when he and the lady had been courting.
The pal finally left with the sufferer unhurt at the moment.
However, Myers, now of Knightswood, Glasgow, went on to repeatedly stamp and in addition kick the sufferer following a loud row which different neighbours heard.
One then found the unconscious man then mendacity on the touchdown outdoors the flat.
Miss Ennis stated: "Police arrived and located the sufferer. They famous no signal of a pulse or breath.
"He was taken into the lounge for CPR."
He was discovered to have "important" swelling to his face and again of his head.
The prosecutor added: "He additionally had indentations of a boot. This boot print later matched that of Myers."
A CT scan in hospital confirmed a "appreciable" variety of accidents together with to the pinnacle, a number of rib fractures and a collapsed lung.
He was solely match to go away hospital on March 9 2021 and in addition wanted rehabilitation.
Miss Ennis acknowledged: "The accidents had been life threatening requiring physiotherapy in addition to occupational and speech remedy."
The court docket heard he can now stay independently, however nonetheless has points from what occurred.
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