A thug who carried out a brutal murder bid on his partner's ex-lover in Lanarkshire has been jailed for six years.
Shaun Myers, 30, turned on the man at the victim's flat in Rutherglen on January 9 2021.
The victim was stamped on so badly he was left with his attacker's footprint on his face.
Myers was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow having earlier pled guilty to an attempted murder charge.
Prosecutor Isabella Ennis earlier told how the victim had initially been at his home with a friend.
Myers - who had moved back in with his mother next door - then turned up drunk.
Miss Ennis said an argument broke out between Myers and the victim's friend regarding an incident involving his partner.
This was said to have happened in the victim's home when he and the woman were dating.
The friend eventually left with the victim uninjured at that time.
But, Myers, now of Knightswood, Glasgow, went on to repeatedly stamp and also kick the victim following a loud row which other neighbours heard.
One then discovered the unconscious man then lying on the landing outside the flat.
Miss Ennis said: "Police arrived and found the victim. They noted no sign of a pulse or breath.
"He was taken into the living room for CPR."
He was found to have "significant" swelling to his face and back of his head.
The prosecutor added: "He also had indentations of a boot. This boot print later matched that of Myers."
A CT scan in hospital showed a "considerable" number of injuries including to the head, multiple rib fractures and a collapsed lung.
He was only fit to leave hospital on March 9 2021 and also needed rehabilitation.
Miss Ennis stated: "The injuries were life threatening requiring physiotherapy as well as occupational and speech therapy."
The court heard he can now live independently, but still has issues from what happened.
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