A manhunt has been launched to find an asylum seeker who admitted to attacking his friend after he fled the court during a lunch break.
Jordanian national Mustafa Al Mbaidin, 29, headbutted his friend before putting him in a head lock and hitting him around the head with a bottle and metal kettle.
Al Mbaidin appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court and pleaded guilty to one charge of wounding.
The court heard that he brutally attacked his friend Muhammed Al-Aseel on January, 24, 2025, after spending the day drinking Champagne.
A witness described the attack as the 'most horrific physical assault' she had ever seen and required counselling with a trauma specialist.
However, during a lunch break at court, Al Mbaidin did not return, breaking his bail conditions to remain within the court building and its car park.
A warrant was subsequently issued for his arrest.
Al Mbaidin is from Jordan but came to Britain via Turkey. He was staying at a hotel in Bournemouth when he committed the offences.
The two men had been helping Sophie Burnett move into her new home in Southbourne, Dorset.
John Dyer, prosecuting, said Al Mbaidin had been drinking Champagne all day.
The defendant began making advances towards Ms Burnett and she asked him to leave.
Mr Al-Aseel started to encourage him to leave and Al Mbaidin became aggressive and attacked.
Mr Dyer said the defendant headbutted Mr Al-Aseel and put him in a headlock before he struck him round the head with a bottle and a metal kettle.
Al Mbaidin struck the victim with 'considerable force' and left a dent in the kettle, it was heard.
Mr Al-Aseel was treated at the scene by paramedics for the wound which was 'bleeding profusely' before he was taken to hospital.
The defendant claimed he attacked Mr Al-Aseel because he had been aggressive towards him, the court heard.
Ms Burnett told the court that the incident was 'the most horrific physical assault I have seen in my life'.
She added: 'I was deeply concerned because there was blood shooting up the sides of my kitchen' and added that Mr Al-Aseel had been 'fearful, so I was super-fearful'.
Ms Burnett said that she had received 'eight months' counselling with a trauma specialist, for four months I could not leave my house'.
After the court broke for lunch, the defendant, who was bailed to remain in the court building and its car park, failed to return for the continuation of the Newton hearing.
Issuing a warrant for his arrest and adjourning the case until Monday, Judge Kerry Maylin said: 'I can be sure he absented himself as I bailed him with strict conditions he remain in the building or the precincts of the court.
'In reality, the only conclusion I can be drawn to is that he has voluntarily chosen to disobey the conditions that the court put on his bail.
'The reason I had put those conditions on his bail is because I had a feeling he might not come back. I have observed him in the dock and he has not been a happy individual.'
The judge added: 'He may have been overwhelmed that witnesses have continued to maintain the accounts they gave at the police station or at the outset of this allegation.'
The attack came just days before Al Mbaidin was convicted of attacking two police officers last January.
Al Mbaidin pushed and spat at Dorset PC Ian Leslie just two weeks after he appeared in court for attacking another officer.
He first shoved PC Selina Swan and hit her on the head with his jacket as he was being arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour.
He appeared in court on July 16, 2024, and was let off with a 12 month conditional discharge.
But just 14 days later he got drunk again and caused a confrontation on Bournemouth beach.
As PC Leslie put him in handcuffs he pushed the officer and spat at him, but it did not connect.
Al Mbaidin was charged and released on bail but then failed to appear at Poole Magistrates' Court on November 26.
He later pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker by beating and failing to surrender to court bail at the appointed time.
Despite the previous concerns, lead magistrate Colin Stupack sentenced Al Mbaidin to 250 hours community service and ordered him to pay PC Leslie £50 compensation.
Nothing was said about Al Mbaidin's right to remain in the UK at the time.