A THUG who stabbed a disabled man in the flats where they lived while high on drink and drugs has been given an extended 13-year sentence.

Judge Sean Morris said David Woodier posed a significant risk of causing serious harm to the public and it would be down to the Parole Board to decide whether it was safe to release him.

Woodier was described as being in a “fury” when he stabbed the victim twice in the shoulder with a kitchen knife.

Prosecutor Paul Reid told Teesside Crown Court there were numerous other blows landed on the victim, who has one leg and uses a wheelchair, although these fortunately only caused minor cuts.

Mr Reid said that the electricity had gone off at the property in North Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, and the complainant was trying to fix the problem when Woodier came flying down the stairs carrying the kitchen knife and attacked him.

Woodier, 24, was arrested by police and falsely claimed the 36-year-old victim had a knife himself and they had a “play fight” in which the man was injured.

He admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on November 2 last year.

In 2014 Woodier, of North Ormesby Road, threatened to shoot and stab his own parents and attacked police officers who turned up to arrest him.

He had also breached an anti-social behaviour order eight times and had convictions for affray, having a bladed article and possessing an offensive weapon.

Robert Mochrie, mitigating said Woodier, who appeared via a video link from Stockton’s Holme House Prison, wanted to apologise to the victim and was willing to take part in so-called restorative justice.

The barrister said Woodier’s family were of the view that prison was the best place for him at the moment.

Judge Morris said the defendant was “off his head” when he launched a “murderous” attack on the complainant.

He said a psychiatrist who examined Woodier was of the view that he had developed a self-induced psychosis due to the cannabis and other drugs he had consumed over a long period.

However he recognised that while in jail Woodier, who was now free of drugs, was a changed individual.

The judge said the sentence included a ten year custodial element and a three year prison licence period.