A man who shouted "nobody calls the police on me" before launching a "frenzied attack" on a bystander who had tried to call an ambulance for him has been jailed for three years.

In June this year 37-year-old Michael Hardy from Henley-in-Arden, was seen drunkenly shouting at a woman in the street in the village.

Residents intervened, with one escorting Hardy off a driveway.

Hardy found himself on the floor after being removed from the driveway – prompting another resident to call an ambulance for him.

But when Hardy began to get up and appeared uninjured but still aggressive, the resident asked for police.

Hardy then approached the resident, shouting "nobody calls the police on me" before launching a frenzied attack, repeatedly punching the man in the head.

The man was left with several injuries that needed hospital treatment – including a fractured eye socket.

Warwickshire Police arrested Hardy and, when he was asked to account for his actions, he refused to comment.

He was charged with grievous bodily harm and affray – and on Monday, 22 December at Warwick Crown Court, he was sentenced to three years in prison.

DC Olly George said: "Hardy's cowardly, unprovoked attack against a resident who had been trying to call an ambulance for him has disgusted the community in Henley-in-Arden.

"We arrested him straight away and were able to build a strong enough case to see him charged and remanded in custody.

"Evidently Hardy thought he could attack residents without consequence. He now has plenty of time in a cell to rethink his assumptions."