Marine engineer Keith McQuillan harassed his friend Captain Chad Murray for months after finding out about the relationship.
He then broke into his former marital home during the night after spotting Mr Murray’s car parked outside the house and subjected the harbourmaster to a 15-minute assault in his bedroom.
Mr Murray, who eventually escaped and got help from a neighbour, was left with numerous bruises and a fractured eye socket, which needed treatment in Southampton Hospital.
It was later discovered that 44-year-old McQuillan, who launched the assault after drinking 15 pints of cider, had posted three images online, including a ‘selfie’ with a bloodied bed in the background.
Another image showed Mr Murray covered in his own blood, while another showed a picture of a bloody arm with the caption: ‘Chad Murray stained my top.’
When McQuillan was arrested later in the night he told officers: ‘I can’t believe how much blood came out. I’ve been waiting four months to do that.’
The defendant pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm and trespassing and was this week jailed for three and a half years by Guernsey’s Royal Court.
Judge Russell Finch described the incident as a ‘serious and protracted’ attack and added: ‘The Facebook exhibition afterwards was disgusting.’
In a victim impact statement, Captain Murray told how he thought he was going to lose part of his ear in the attack.
‘They were just constant and repeated blows,’ he said.
‘At some point he kneed me and headbutted me to the face.
‘I think I initially tried to push him away, but I just couldn’t get him off me … at one point during the attack Keith has bitten the top of my left ear.
‘I actually thought I was going to lose part of it, he bit so hard.
‘I was terrified.
‘I was on my own and I knew not many people knew where I was so no one would have found me.’
Describing the posting of the images online, Captain Murray said: ‘I have no idea who saw these images.
‘I am disgusted and humiliated.’
A psychiatric report found that McQuillan was suffering from adjustment disorder, as he struggled to deal with his marital problems.
Rachel Eeles, defending, said her client was genuinely sorry for his behaviour.
AN investigation is under way after a Guernsey fishing boat this week made its third mayday call of the year.
The Spirit of Guernsey lifeboat was called out at 2 am on Wednesday after the Defiance reported that it was taking on water about 1.5 miles south-east of St Peter Port.
However, the vessel made another call several minutes later to say it was a false alarm and that it was being pumped out.
Lifeboat operations manager Captain Peter Gill said that as a mayday call was made, someone on the boat must have been in fear of their life.
Such a call is only made if ‘life is in grave or imminent danger’, he said.
Because the vessel was close to the harbour and the lifeboat was already out, it decided to continue as it was only one to two minutes away.
‘It is better to be safe than sorry,’ he said.
The skipper declined to comment.
Details of the previous mayday calls have not been disclosed.
IT could just be one of the worst – and unluckiest – few seconds of driving in Guernsey this year…
Van driver Ian Skipton set off without wearing a seatbelt, and while still using his mobile phone, before veering across the road and accidentally mounting the pavement – narrowly missing one of two off-duty police officers.
Guernsey Magistrate’s Court heard that one of the officers had to step back to avoid the van and was just an inch away from being struck.
Skipton, of the parish of Castel, drove off but was arrested a few weeks later.
He claimed that the officers were lying and denied all the motoring offences.
However he was found guilty and was this week fined £200 and banned from driving for one month for driving without due care and attention, with £100 penalties each for the seat belt and mobile phone offences.
