A convicted killer could be facing life in jail after a jury found him guilty of a vicious attack with an iron bar.

Lee Osadzenko, 26, hit Mark Howson with the weapon across his lower leg, fracturing it so badly that part of the bone was sticking out of his skin in an attack in Skipton in July last year.

After the four men and eight women returned their verdicts on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent it was revealed that Osadzenko has served 18 months in a young offenders' institution.

He was convicted of the manslaughter of Skipton man Trevor Capstick in 1999, which now renders him liable for a life sentence.

Osadzenko's father Stephen, 47, of Hillside Crescent, Skipton, had faced a charge of wounding with intent. It was alleged that he had hit Mr Howson in the face with a glass in the Commercial Pub on Water Street, Skipton, before Mr Howson was attacked by his son.

But he was unanimously cleared by the jury.

The trial at Bradford Crown Court was told that Stephen Osadzenko was on his way to his son's house after he had left the pub when he was spotted by Mr Howson and his brother Adrian and a fight broke out.

It was then that Lee Osadzenko came out of his house brandishing the weapon and attacked Mr Howson with it.

The court was told that he aimed one powerful blow at his left ankle and broke it so badly that the bone came out of the side of the leg.

Mr Howson fell to the ground in pain but Osadzenko continued to attack him as he lay there, the jury was told.

Osadzenko denied he ever had the weapon and claimed Mr Howson had brought it and tried to attack him with it.

He told the jury he did not strike Mr Howson with it and claimed the injury was caused when Mr Howson fell over.

But the jury was told by Home Office pathologist Dr Peter Cooper that the injury was more likely to have been caused by a blow from a blunt object. Dr Cooper said the injury was so severe it was similar to those resulting from car crashes or falls from a height.

Osadzenko of Sharphaw Avenue, Skipton, was remanded into custody to await psychological and pre-sentence reports but was told by the judge that he faced an inevitable and significant custodial sentence.

He will return to court to be sentence in around eight weeks.