A MAN who carried out a brutal screwdriver attack while just a teenager has been jailed again for a spate of offences.

Jason Teelin, who is of no fixed abode, stabbed Nick Verron in the head in Roumelia Lane, Boscombe in July 2009.

Mr Verron, who was then 25 and living with his girlfriend, suffered severe, permanent brain injuries after the attack, which happened when he encountered a group of youths.

Witnesses heard Teelin threaten the victim before launching a sudden attack with a 10-inch screwdriver.

The weapon was wielded with such force that fragments of the victim’s skull became embedded in his brain.

Initially, doctors treating Mr Verron believed he was so seriously injured that he would never walk or talk again.

However, Mr Verron, who is now in his 30s, has gone on to live independently, and has even taken unaided steps after years in a wheelchair.

Teelin was just 17 at the time of the offence.

He admitted grievous bodily harm with intent at Bournemouth Crown Court in 2010 and was jailed for seven years after prosecutors said he had left Mr Verron for dead.

The defendant was released after serving half of his sentence.

On Wednesday, Teelin, who is now 26, appeared before a judge at Bournemouth Crown Court after admitting a series of recent offences.

The court heard he burgled two homes in Wilfred Road and Littledown Drive, Bournemouth, in July, stealing items including a purse, a laptop, car keys, jewellery and computer tablets from the owners.

Teelin broke into both homes through windows left open during the summer heatwave.

He then damaged a police cell on August 18 by smearing excrement over the walls.

Earlier this year, on April 10, Teelin carried out a series of offences in Westover Road, Bournemouth, including resisting a police officer.

The defendant has now been convicted of the two burglaries, as well as further charges of criminal damage, resisting a PC, racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress by words or writing, using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and two counts of failing to surrender.

He has been jailed for 26 months for the offences.