A MAN who launched a 'frenzied, brutal and sustained attack' on a friend with a hooked fishing knife, copper pipe and curtain pole has been jailed for 10 years.

Preston Crown Court heard the kitchen in Qamar Abbas’ home in Whitendale Crescent, Blackburn, was left looking like a bloodbath as his victim, Mehrban Hussain, crawled from the house, dragging his bleeding legs behind him.

Abbas, 39, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

A second man, Mohsin Khan, who was present at the time of the attack, was cleared of any involvement following a trial.

The prosecution said on February 17, 2016 Mr Hussain and Mr Khan went to Abbas’ home where the three of them drank a bottle of whiskey.

They went out to buy another bottle but when they returned to the house, the atmosphere soured.

All three men went into the kitchen, when Mr Hussain said he wanted to leave.

Recorder Philip Parry, sentencing, said: “What followed in that area of the kitchen and dining room, was a brutal, frenzied attack on Mehrban Hussain, leaving the room resembling a bloodbath.”

Mr Hussain suffered several stab wounds to his legs, which severed veins and nerves, and left him unable to support his weight.

He was also beaten with a copper pipe and a curtain pole.

During the attack, Mr Khan called 999 urging the police to come to the house.

In the background, Abbas could be heard shouting obscenities, as he attacked Mr Hussain.

Following the attack, Mr Hussain crawled into the street, dragging his legs behind him, and was found by police officers who were responding to the 999 call, the court heard.

Abbas and Mr Khan were approaching with their tops off and an officer was so concerned he drew his taser, although it was not discharged.

During Mr Khan’s trial, Abbas, who agreed to be a prosecution witness, claimed he had simply 'caught Mehrban with the knife', telling the jury, 'I didn’t deliberately stab him'.

But Recorder Parry said: “Having heard the evidence I simply cannot accept your basis of plea that you somehow caught the victim with the knife or you struck him once.”

He added: “This attack on Mehrban Hussain has affected him dramatically. He suffers from flashbacks, he has ongoing mobility issues as a result of the surgical intervention and his legs aren’t the same size any more, one is longer than the other.

“It has affected him personally, mentally, socially and in his family life.

“It has left an appalling legacy on his life as a result of what you did in the early hours of February 17, 2016.”

The court heard since the attack Abbas, who had a limited criminal past, had spent a significant time in hospital in Pakistan.

Handing down a sentence of 10 years and three months, Recorder Parry, said: “The reason you attacked this man in your home on this night, so viciously, will probably never be known to any of us.”