Police have released a photo of a man who chopped his housemate's finger off with a Samurai sword in Southampton. 

Darren Cleaver, 51, was last week jailed for six years after he attacked a husband and wife at his home in Stafford Road, Shirley. 

The court heard how Cleaver attacked the pair with the sword, 'wildly swinging' it around following a row over noise the previous day. 

The man lost his index finger due to the incident with his wife suffering a deep cut to her forehead, going down to the bone. 

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The injuries sustained by Darren Cleaver's victims.The injuries sustained by Darren Cleaver's victims. (Image: Supplied) Cleaver then disembowelled himself, taking a photo of his exposed intestine before sending it to his wife who left him that day. 

Now police have released his custody photo days on from his sentencing that saw him also receive an extended period on licence of three years.

The incident took place on June 8 last year with Judge Nicholas Rowland branding it a "wholly unprovoked attack".

He added that the incident had a "profound effect" on the victims, Ravi Gajjar and Sonam Suthar, who both came from India to study software engineering. 

He said: "The difficulty is Mr Cleaver’s attitude to this offending. It is not whole-hearted acceptance.

"There is a significant risk of serious harm of you behaving in this way in future irrespective of the medication that you are now taking."

Darren CleaverDarren Cleaver (Image: Hampshire Constabulary)

Both victims were left with permanent scars and were forced to abandon their careers, the court heard.

Mitigating, Barry McElduff told the court his client had Paranoid Personality Disorder and Persistent Delusional Disorder according to a doctors report.

Photos of the pair's injuries taken in hospital show huge wounds to their hands and head with multiple stitches needed for each one. 

Cleaver was initially charged with attempted murder after being arrested but later pleaded guilty to two counts of wounding with intent. 

The court heard he is now on antipsychotic medication with his barrister saying he'd not behaved poorly since.