An unemployed man who stabbed his landlady fourteen times has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Nabil Soudi, 25, from Brixton, attacked the 40-year-old woman at her house in Branksome Road on March 4 this year, the Inner London Crown court heard.

Police officers found Soudi covered in blood and discovered a three inch kitchen knife at the scene.

The woman, who suffered stab wounds to her abdomen and stomach, was taken to a south London hospital and later released.

Soudi, of Branksome Road, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and was sentenced today.