A labourer beat a man with a toaster, slashed his buttock and set fire to his flat before leaving him to die, a court heard today.

Kamil Radkiewicz, 28, followed his victim home to his flat in Castelnau, Barnes, on November 30 last year.

The victim haemorrhaged inside his eyes, suffered a broken nose and jaw as well as burns to the inside of the mouth, a fractured skull and contusions to the brain.

He also had burns to the palms on his hands and a slash to his left buttock. A knife which had the victim’s blood on it was found outside the flat.

He was found the following day by a work colleague who had to force open the door to get in. He saw the victim lying on the bed in the badly burned flat.

There was blood on the floor and walls, Hannah Duncan, prosecuting, told Kingston Crown Court.

The victim, who had moved to London in September 2014 with his partner of eight years, was “almost incomprehensible” when he was found.

The partner was in America for business at the time of the brutal attack.

Radkiewicz, of Lessness Road in Morden, pleaded guilty to attempted murder on August 19.

Judge Peter Lodder QC said he was not satisfied he had enough information to sentence Radkiewicz, who was also charged with arson, until psychiatric and pre-sentence reports were prepared.

Radkiewicz will appear in court again on November 2.