A MAN has been handed a 28-month prison sentence after he stabbed a victim with a chisel in Amesbury.

35-year-old John Worrall, of no fixed abode, knocked on a door to a flat in Sandell Place at around 6.30pm on January 25, 2024.

When the victim answered the door, Worrall stabbed the man with a chisel, which resulted in a 4cm laceration to his arm.

Worrall appeared at Winchester Crown Court on April 1, where he was sentenced for grievous bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place after previously pleading guilty.

He was handed a 28-month prison sentence.

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The attack has had a lasting impact on the victim.

In a statement read out in court, the victim said: “It is now over a year on from the attack, but I still feel emotionally traumatised from it and have some lasting physical damage to my arm.

“The physical injury to my arm has healed, but I am left with a scar around my left wrist/forearm.

“I attended five physio appointments, but due to the tendon damage my full movement has not returned.

“I struggle to bend my wrist forward and when I make a fist, it is impossible for me to bend my wrist.

“My fingers have better movement, but they get stiff and lock very often. I have pain in my wrist and forearm every day.”

Acting detective inspector David Hambly, of the south criminal investigation department, said: “This incident was a disgusting act of violence in which a weapon was used to cause a serious injury to the victim in their own home.

“I would like to commend the bravery of both the victim and the witnesses in this case in supporting our investigation into what must have been a traumatic and horrifying experience for them.

“I welcome the custodial sentence in this case and want to make it clear that this kind of violence has no place in our communities and we will ensure the perpetrators of such abhorrent behaviour are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”