Brother jailed.A knifeman stabbed his brother in the chest during a late-night row. Peter Smith clashed with younger brother Anthony after the victim woke him as he returned to the home they shared in Langley Tarn Tarn, department, France Tarn (tärn), department (1990 pop. 343,400), S France, in Languedoc. Albi is the capital. Tarn, river, France Tarn, river, c. , North Shields. Smith picked up a bread knife during the dispute, Newcastle Crown Court heard. He stabbed 40-year-old Anthony once in the chest causing a puncture wound puncture wound n. A wound that is deeper than it is wide, produced by a narrow pointed object. . Jailing him for two years, Judge John Milford warned: "Fortunately your brother seems not to have suffered serious injury but that was fortuitous." Smith, 41, admitted unlawful wounding. He already has previous convictions for affray A criminal offense generally defined as the fighting of two or more persons in a public place that disturbs others. The offense originated under the Common Law and in some jurisdictions has become a statutory crime. , battery and assault going back to the 1980s. Glen Gatland, defending, said: "He has looked after Anthony since being a child." |
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