A MAN who crashed a stolen car into a wall before stabbing his housemate during a row has been jailed.

At the end of Connor Traynor's rampage of violence he leapt out of a bedroom window before discarding the knife.

He later apologised for what he had done and asked if his victim - who was being treated for the wound in hospital - was alright.

The 20-year-old of no fixed abode had already admitted counts of unlawful wounding and aggravated vehicle taking, as well as separate offences of driving without insurance or a licence.

He was sentenced for those crimes at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.

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Outlining the case prosecutor Cathy Olliver said the incident took place in Oxford on the night of March 19 this year.

At the time Traynor was living in a shared supported living accommodation along with others.

That night Traynor snatched a woman's car keys before taking her vehicle from the Cowley address and driving into Oxford city centre.

Not long after he crashed that Peugeot 207 into a wall on Pembroke Street in the city.

Prosecutors said that the wall was almost completely demolished in the crash.

Traynor then fled the scene and headed back to his Cowley address.

He confessed to having crashed the vehicle and another resident of that house became 'extremely angry' at him and began 'remonstrating.'

During the ensuing scuffle Traynor grabbed a knife which was on the floor, and he used that implement to stab his neighbour once in the thigh.

Traynor proceeded to jump out of a bedroom window before discarding the knife.

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The victim went to hospital where his wound was stitched and Traynor was arrested.

He admitted picking up the knife and said it was 'in panic,' before expressing 'regret and concern' for his actions.

The court heard he also has 13 previous crimes to his name and was subject to a suspended sentence order at the time.

In mitigation Sumita Mahtab-Shaikh said there was an element of 'excessive self defence' in the violence.

She added that he was sorry for his actions and was also treated for his own injuries that night, after being 'head-butted' during the earlier altercation.

She also said that Traynor showed police where the knife would be found and had asked about the welfare of the man he had stabbed.

Sentencing, Judge Ian Pringle QC jailed Traynor for a total of two years and ordered that he pay a statutory victim surcharge.

He was also handed a driving ban and he was disqualified from driving for three years.

For the separate offences of driving without a licence and without third party insurance he was given a conditional discharge for two years.