A Highbrige man's been jailed for 5 and a half years for slashing his neighbour's neck after he was accused of having an affair with his victim's girlfriend.

Taunton Crown Court heard that James Hobbs survived by stemming the bleeding with a kebab he was holding at the time of the incident at Charlotte Court in January 2011.

Jamie Edney, who's 36 and now of Longstone Avenue in Bridgwater, denied a charge of Grievous Bodily Harm - but was found guilty after a four day trial.