A jealous thug took revenge on a man he wrongly thought was chatting up his girlfriend by viciously attacking him with a glass, a court heard.

After he was arrested, hairdresser Bryar Moustafa threatened his victim with a knife in an attempt to prevent him supporting a prosecution against him.

Habibullah Faqeerzai suffered cuts to his face and neck and was left scarred from 25 stitches being inserted in his wounds.

Moustafa, of no fixed address, admitted wounding with intent, intimidation and having a knife and was jailed for six years and three months.

Maidstone Crown Court heard Mr Faqeerzai was at The Grove nightclub in Gravesend on May 7 when he asked a woman he recognised for a light in the smoking area.

They had a brief conversation before he went back into the club. He went to the toilets and found that Moustafa, 24, was waiting for him.

Prosecutor John Fitzgerald said Moustafa worked in a local barbers and Mr Faqeerzai knew him from having his hair cut there.

“Mr Moustafa challenged him about why he was talking to his girlfriend,” said Mr Fitzgerald. “He said he hadn’t said anything wrong or inappropriate to the lady.

“Mr Moustafa was not satisfied with that and started pushing him. He pushed him in the chest a couple of times. Mr Faqeerzai pushed back.

“In his other hand Mr Moustafa had a glass. He raised his hand holding the glass and deliberately smashed it on his head. Mr Faqeerzai doesn’t know how many blows there were, but CCTV shows there was only one.”

There was blood on the victim’s face and on the floor. He felt dizzy, weak and disorientated.

Mr Fitzgerald said it took about 30 minutes for the police to arrive. They were concerned about Mr Faqeerzai’s condition and made a priority call for an ambulance.

He was taken to Darent Valley Hospital and then transferred to a London hospital.

He had cuts up to 8cm long to his scalp, others to an eye and one to the side of his neck.

Mr Faqeerzai was waiting for a bus after seeing his GP on June 15 when Moustafa approached and told him: “Drop the case. Last time I smashed you with a bottle. This time I will stab you with a knife.”

He pulled out a knife, pointed it at Mr Faqeerzai and added: “If the police arrest me this time I will kill you.”

The victim ran to a nearby petrol station and called the police.

Austin Stoton, defending, said Moustafa came to the UK from Iraq eight years ago and had been employed since. He had permanent leave to remain.

“The incident came about by virtue of regrettably an immature misconstruction of events that night - perhaps a rush of blood to the head, which is very much out of character,” he said.

Judge David Griffith-Jones QC said Moustafa attacked Mr Faqeerzai for no good reason, other than he had the temerity to talk to his girlfriend.

“It is fortunate, and you are extremely fortunate, that no long-term damage was caused to his eye, although some of the scarring was very close to his eye,” he said.

“It goes without saying your actions on that night were quite inexcusable. Intimidation is always regarded as a very serious offence as it is calculated to undermine the integrity of the criminal justice process.”

Judge Griffith-Jones imposed a restraining order banning Moustafa from any contact with the victim, who was said to remain in fear of him.