A Lanarkshire man who spat at his aunt and hit his brother with a sword has been jailed for 18 months.
Anthony McArdle, 31, of Fereneze Crescent, Hamilton, was sentenced at the town's sheriff court.
He admitted striking his brother on the head with the bladed weapon in April 2020.
The Crown accepted he acted under provocation.
Fortunately, the victim was not badly hurt.
Earlier that same day McArdle had spat on a woman, understood to be his aunt, in Comely Bank, Hamilton.
Defence agent Diarmid Bruce said the altercation with his brother was "something out of nothing".
McArdle used the sword as he feared he was about to be struck with scissors.
He spat on his aunt after she made what he felt was a derogatory comment.
Mr Bruce suggested McArdle, who has a child, could be given an alternative to custody.
But Sheriff Colin Dunipace pointed to the accused's record, which featured serious offending, and said only a jail term was appropriate.
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