An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to nine years in jail by a United Kingdom court after it found him guilty of violently attacking one of his neighbours with a wooden pole.

Rishi Casseeram, 35, left his victim with multiple serious facial fractures as well as substantial bruising to his back, according to the Bedfordshire Police which conducted the investigation. The attack took place in June last year when Casseeram was arrested at his flat in Luton, eastern England, and sentenced for the crime Luton Crown Court earlier this month, PTI reported.