A HIGH flying IT boss attacked a man at a sex party when he could not find his trousers.

Married entrepreneur Thomas Wardrop, 34, had attended the party with a business colleague when he launched his violent attack on the host.

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Wardrop and his colleague had attended the party in Buckshaw Village on May 9 and spent the night drinking, taking cocaine and engaging in sexual activity, a court heard.

But at around 8am, Wardrop, a member of a local Freemason lodge, became angry and set upon the man who had welcomed him into his home, Preston Crown Court was told.

Wardrop pushed the man towards the window, and punched him repeatedly while his victim put his arms up to protect himself, asking: “What’s wrong Tom? What’s upset you?”

But when Wardrop headbutted the man in the face, he called for his partner to call the police.

As the victim tried to get to the front door to flee his attacker, Wardrop continued to throw punches at his head.

He then drove away in his white BMW, dressed only in a T-shirt, the court heard.

The police arrived to find the victim covered in fresh blood and blood spattered all over the ground floor of the house.

Wardrop was later found on the driveway of his home in Quinns Croft, Leyland, sitting inside a Range Rover, now wearing pyjama bottoms.

He was arrested but told officers: “What? I’ve done nowt.”

He refused to give a sample of breath for drink driving analysis.

His victim was taken to Chorley Hospital where he had cuts and bruises to his head and a deviated septum.

In a statement to the court, the couple said their home had been violated by Wardrop and they had to redecorate to get rid of the blood stains.

The man also suffered nightmares and flashbacks following the attack.

During the court proceedings Wardrop, a member of the Eccleston Freemasons Lodge, looked shamefaced as he sat in the dock, dressed in a three piece tweed suit.

Since the incident, Wardrop’s wife has left him, he has sold the Range Rover and he now has £50,000 in credit card debt, the court heard.

He pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm (ABH) and failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis.

Judge Jacqueline Beech, sentencing, said: “You suddenly developed a sense of grievance towards your host. That grievance may have been because you could not find your trousers or it could have been because you thought he was acting in a sexual way towards your partner - although that would not have been surprising, given the nature of the gathering.

“Whatever it was, unprovoked and unexplained, you threw him against the kitchen worktop.

“Your convictions demonstrate you are a man who can not control your temper.”

“You are the managing director of an IT company. You work long hours and your pre-sentence report informs the court you suffer stress as a result of financial worries about the business.

“That is inconsistent with the references and your own letter to the court which describe the business as thriving with a number of clients.

“Your partner tells the court she knows you would not have behaved in that way if you had been sober. The answer to that is not to drink excessive quantities of alcohol with or without cocaine. If that is how they individually or together affect you, you must stop.”

She handed Wardrop a 21 month jail sentence suspended for two years with 250 hours of unpaid work, £2500 costs and a 12 month driving ban.