This is the police mugshot of Andy Hurns which was taken after he beat a former neighbour within an inch of her life.
Hurns was arrested at his home after he forced his way into his terrified victim's property in Tunnel Road, Retford, and beat and kicked her as he wore a pair of steel toe-capped boots.
After Hurns was convicted after a jury deliberated for more than seven hours, he showed no emotion as he potentially faces a life sentence over the bloodied attack which left the woman with horrific injuries.
Hurns, who denied her attempted murder, later put his head in his hands as Judge Gregory Dickinson QC, the Recorder of Nottingham, explained the sentencing options in his case to the Nottingham Crown Court jury on Friday, February 18.
Hurns committed the attack on the woman, who worked with him at the B&Q distribution centre in Retford Road, Worksop, on November 24, 2020, for no obvious reason.
He turned up at her home, where she lived alone, and forced his way inside and demanded cash and jewellery, before launching his brutal attack.
Hurns, 32, of Edgbaston Drive in Retford, remains in custody before he is sentenced on Monday, April 11.
Detective Inspector Stuart Temple, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was an appalling attack in which a woman was repeatedly kicked in the head and face as she lay defenceless on the ground. The level of violence used and the injuries sustained were shocking even to the most experienced officers who worked on this case.
“Hurns is a large and powerful man who launched an unprovoked, frenzied and sustained attack on a far smaller woman who was completely unable to defend herself.
“Given the utterly damming witness and physical evidence stacked against him he really had no choice but to plead guilty to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm. However, our case all along has been that the level of violence used in this case proved that he had only one thing in his mind at the time of the incident; not to cause serious injury but to kill.
“I want to thank the jury for their verdict today, which I hope allows the victim to now be able to move on with her life.
“Hurns will now spend a very considerable time behind bars and can no longer provide a threat to other members of the public. For that I would like to thank the victim for her bravery throughout the investigation and all the witnesses who helped to secure today’s conviction.”
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