A Jamaican man who claimed he found his wife in bed with her lover was yesterday found guilty of chopping the man with a kitchen knife.

Thisley "Thunder" Dawson had denied wounding Gregory Campbell on May 25, 2009.

A nine-woman, three-man jury yesterday found him not guilty of wounding with intent, but guilty of the lesser charge of unlawful wounding.

Mr. Campbell, who is also a Jamaican, said later of the Supreme Court verdict: "I am not pleased with that. Everything that he says is a lie."

The court heard during the trial Mr. Campbell had known Dawson's wife, Ceblle, for 18 months before they became involved.

The 31-year-old told the court he knew she was married but that she lived alone with her two children.

He said he never saw her husband during multiple visits to her home when he stayed "all night, all day".

On the night in question he said he was lying down in her room when he heard someone breaking into the house. He said woke up Mrs. Dawson and she went to the living room.

Mr. Campbell told the court he went to the kitchen, but heard Mrs. Dawson warn her 11-year-old son: "Run back to your room because Thunder has a knife."

He said Mrs. Dawson ran back to her room and he went outside where he was attacked by the defendant with a long knife.

Mr. Campbell told the court he was struck on the head with a long knife that "chopped me open".

This left him with an injury to the left side of his head.

He said he ran outside but Dawson caught him and chopped him four more times to the left side of his head, his right wrist, his left thumb and his left shoulder while asking him who he was.

The knife eventually fell out of Dawson's hand, and Mr. Campbell ran to Somerset Police Station, where an ambulance was called to take him to hospital. He remained there for two days, and required stitches and staples to his wounds.

He was also given a blood transfusion because the loss of blood was so high due to his illness, sickle-cell anaemia.

Dawson, who has lived in Bermuda for seven years, was arrested outside the house later that night, and a kitchen knife was seized from the kitchen sink by Police.

Mrs. Dawson did not give evidence during the three-day trial.

In his summation yesterday, Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said: "You must not speculate as to why the wife is not here. There has been no explanation from either side as to why she's not here. This case is not about Jamaicans."

Dawson was remanded into custody and a Social Inquiry Report was ordered.

His sentencing date will be fixed at a later date.