A DRUG addict who was caught red-handed hurling a lump of concrete through his neighbour's lounge window needed hospital treatment after his outraged victim took the law into his own hands.

Wayne Johansen, 28, still suffers scars following the attempted break-in which backfired at Knowlton Road in Canford Heath, Poole, on August 28 last year.

Johansen admitted criminal damage and burgling another nearby property at Pimpern Close on the same day.

Bournemouth Crown Court heard how Johansen had fled with a DVD player and jewellery from the Pimpern Close property after forcing entry through a patio door.

A neighbour spotted Johansen, who was serving a suspended prison sentence, with a square object concealed in his T-shirt.

The court was told how his Knowlton Road victim was in bed when he heard his door being knocked and the lounge window being rattled.

After hearing a loud smash, he ran into the living room to find the window had been smashed and a large chunk of concrete on the floor.

The victim picked up the concrete and threw it back through the hole in the window, hitting Johansen, who ran off.

Johansen, who suffered a severe cut to his left cheek and a wound to his mouth, as well as cuts to his arm and chest, was arrested at his Knowlton Road home later that night.

He claimed he had been subjected to a hammer attack and told police: "I wouldn't be so stupid to burgle homes near me."

But glass fragments from both properties were discovered in his jacket.

Defending, Ross Weeden said Johansen's offending stemmed from his addiction to illegal and prescription drugs.

"At the time of the burglary he was under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs.

"It was spontaneous and in no way sophisticated," he said.

Mr Weeden told the court that Johansen had needed hospital treatment for his injuries, adding: "He still bears the scars."

Jailing Johansen for three years, Recorder Anthony Coleman described his criminal record as "truly appalling".