A PENSIONER has said he has been left “traumatised” and terrified after a vicious attack from his neighbour.

Michael Morris, 61, said he was left unconscious and bloodied in hospital with a broken nose after he was beaten by Andrew Rawlings at his Berinsfield home on June 1, 2014.

Rawlings was sentenced to eight months in prison earlier this month at Oxford Crown Court after being convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Mr Morris.

Mr Morris, who worked at the Mini plant in Cowley, said he was assaulted after asking Rawlings to move so he could drive out of his garage.

He said: “I wanted to reverse and there was this chap lying on the floor working on his car. His legs were stuck out across my path so I asked him to move.

“If he had just stood up for two minutes I would have been on my way. But he got up and attacked me. He just went psycho and hit me so hard it knocked me unconscious.”

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Mr Morris with his injuries at the John Radcliffe Hospital          

Mr Morris’ son David, 33, came to his rescue. He explained: “I saw my him lying on the floor and Rawlings was kneeling over his chest, one knee on each side, and was punching him in the face.

“Dad’s head was just knocking around and he wasn’t moving. I thought he would bleed to death. It was like running into my worst nightmare.”

David, who lives with his father and mother Esme, 63, managed to get Rawling away from his dad. He said: “We were wrestling, just grabbing each other. We never hit each other. He was covered in dad’s blood and that was getting all over me.

“He was screaming and shouting in my face, he looked like an animal. I’d never seen anything like it, I just wanted it to stop.”

Eventually neighbours intervened and phoned the police.

Rawlings, 51, of Fane Drive, Berinsfield, denied the offence but was found guilty by a jury on February 13.

Mr Morris said: “I don’t know why he attacked me, it was completely unprovoked. We’ve never had any explanation, I don’t understand how someone can do that to another person.”

He said: “We’re not sure what’s going to happen when he comes out. Obviously we don’t want to see him again.

“We considered moving away but I’ve lived here for 60 years.

“The easy thing would be to leave and slowly get on with our lives, but then that’s another thing he takes away from us.

“I just want a nice, easy life and keep to myself.”