A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after seriously wounding a teenager during a dispute over noise.

Ian Sanderson, of Kenton Way, Holme Wood, kicked 17-year-old Adam Noble several times in the head with steel-capped boots, leaving him with two permanent scars to his face, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday.

Prosecutor Simon Batiste told the court Sanderson, who had pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, had become angered in February by late-night noise coming from his next door neighbour’s house, where Mr Noble was staying.

After complaining about the level of noise several times, Sanderson had attempted to calm himself down by going for a drive but when he returned home at around 6am it had increased, the court heard.

A statement read out from Jamie Mcloughlin, who lived next door, said Sanderson had entered the house and punched Mr Noble in the stomach, causing him to fall to the ground.

He then kicked him at least six times to the head, with the last blow causing his forehead to split open, before returning to his own house.

A statement from Mr Taggart, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Bradford Royal Infirmary, said Mr Noble, who was knocked unconscious during the attack, suffered injuries including a fractured eye socket, depression to his forehead and swelling to the right side of his face.

Defence barrister Mike Reeves said Sanderson, who had previous convictions for wounding and assault, had not intended to hurt anyone when he entered his neighbour’s house and was ‘visibly upset’ by what he had done.

Sanderson always wore the boots when outside his home to provide additional support following a knee injury, he said.

On his release from prison, Sanderson and his family intended to move to Whitby and draw a line under the incident, Mr Reeves said.

Sentencing Sanderson to five years and four months in prison minus 168 days spent on remand, Judge John Potter said he was satisfied the boots had been used as a weapon and Sanderson had intended to wound his victim.

He added: “I take the view that you are not to be viewed as a dangerous offender and therefore a determinate sentence is appropriate.”