A nightmare neighbour attacked a woman and left her with serious injuries after a row over a parking space.
Anthony Bert came across his victim outside his old home when she had temporarily parked her car in a private car park while she grabbed some items from her gardens on the afternoon of March 23 last year.
The 61-year-old began threatening the 50-year-old woman, before violently attacking her.
The attack in St Aubyns, Hove, East Sussex, left the woman nursing bad injuries to her face and chest while Bert fled the scene.
Four months before the attack, Bert had kicked the woman's front door and shouted threateningly and abusively through her letterbox.
Bert, of Namrik Mewsn Hove, was convicted of two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent by a jury at Lewes Crown Court.
During a later hearing at the same court, a judge jailed him for 64 months.
A spokesperson for Sussex Police said: "Four months previously, in November 2020, Bert had been the subject of an emergency call from the same victim after he kicked her front door and shouted threatening and abusive language.
"In that instance, Bert was spoken to by police officers after the victim chose not to pursue a prosecution.
"Following the assault, an arrest warrant was circulated for Bert and he was arrested at Heathrow Airport while attempting to board a flight to Spain."
Bert was also issued with a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting the victim or visiting the St Aubyns address.
Detective Janet Summers said: "I would like to thank the victim for her support in achieving this sentence, after what was a vicious and sustained attack.
"Violence of any kind will not be tolerated in Brighton and Hove and we are pleased to have a violent offender behind bars.
"If you are a victim of crime, please report it online, via 101 or by calling 999 in an emergency."
