A MAN who went to a flat to find his victim, viciously attacked him and "stomped" on his head after a row in a pub, has failed to convince top judges that his prison sentence was too severe.

Richard Jake Moore, 23, of Hamilton Road, Salisbury, launched the attack on Brendan O'Brien after an argument at The Mill in Salisbury and left him with a fractured eye socket after stamping on his head.

Moore admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent at Salisbury Crown Court in February and was jailed for 30 months.

His legal team failed in a bid to convince the Court of Criminal Appeal in London on Thursday that the sentence passed on him was “manifestly excessive”.

Judge Michael Stokes QC, sitting with Lord Justice Leveson and Mr Justice Roderick Evans, told how the pair had an initial “confrontation” in the pub on July 12 and Moore knew a flat where he could find Mr O'Brien later.

“The door was opened by the victim and he was instantly attacked,” the judge said. “He was punched several times to the cheek and then his head was stamped on."

The judge said Mr O'Brien - who Moore suspected had been violent towards his sister - suffered a fractured eye socket, a broken nose and cuts, bruises and swelling to the head in the attack.

The judge said that, when Moore was arrested, he admitted "stomping" on Mr O'Brien's head “pretty hard”, but said he had been provoked.

His lawyers today attacked his 30-month prison sentence as over the top, but the Appeal Court panel disagreed and upheld his punishment.

Judge Stokes said: “The appellant took the law into his own hands. The sentence was not manifestly excessive and this appeal is dismissed.”