A man who threw a drunken patron off a car bonnet then drove off, leaving the victim laying bleeding and unconscious on the road, has been jailed for four years and nine months over the “cold and callous” act.

Brady Shuttler was walking in the middle of a Scarborough street after being kicked out of the Indi Bar when he was struck by a four-wheel-drive being driven by Shane Ian Anderson early on April 1, 2016.

Anderson had stopped the car and yelled at Mr Shuttler to get out of the way, but the demands were ignored, so Anderson nudged the victim with the bull bar.

In what District Court Linda Petrusa described as an “extraordinary” act, Mr Shuttler then jumped onto the bonnet and smashed the windscreen with his fist.

Anderson responded by accelerating then braking quickly, propelling Mr Shuttler off the bonnet and onto the bitumen.

Mr Shuttler’s wallet and mobile phone were stolen – an offence Anderson was acquitted of – and he was left on the road with life-threatening head injuries.

Judge Petrusa said Anderson made no attempt to help Mr Shuttler, which she said was “cold and callous”, and actively avoided police until his arrest that June.

“It was a conscious decision … (to use) a motor vehicle as a means of retaliation with no regard for the harm you had caused,” she said.

“You knowingly left Mr Shuttler on a busy road late at night.”

She said had Mr Shuttler’s credit card not been fraudulently used by one of Anderson’s friends, he may not have ever been identified.

Anderson claimed he did not intentionally try to throw Mr Shuttler off the bonnet, that the victim was conscious when he left, and that he did not help him because he feared for his safety.

But a jury rejected that claim at trial and convicted him of dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, failing to render assistance and report an incident and two counts of fraud.

Judge Petrusa also rejected Anderson’s claim he feared for his safety, saying he was a former New Zealand army corporal who was capable of defending himself.

She said his offending has had a “long-lasting” impact on Mr Shuttler, who was admitted to hospital several times, suffered headaches and memory loss and has permanently lost his sense of smell.

The judge added Anderson had not expressed any remorse for his act.

Anderson, who is already serving a prison term for stalking his ex-partner, burglary and possessing a drug with intent to sell or supply, will be eligible for parole after serving two years and nine months.

He was disqualified from driving for three years.