A MAN was injured severely and scarred for life in a knife attack in Cardenden.

The assailant, 39-year-old Steven Brown, of Julian Court, Cadham, Glenrothes, has now been jailed at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

The attack took place on May 15, 2019, at Denfield Drive, Cardenden.

Brown assaulted his victim by struggling with him, punched him repeatedly on the head and body and struck him on the head and body with a knife, all to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.

Sheriff Alastair Brown imposed a jail sentence of two years and six months.