A man has been jailed for nearly two years after a stabbing in Blantyre in broad daylight.Damon Dixon lunged at his male victim with a blade, but the man escaped with only a minor cut.Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that the victim told police officers: “That evil Damon Dixon tried to chop me with a kitchen knife.
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The accused then reached into the waistband of his trousers and removed a kitchen knife.“He lunged towards the victim and struck him on the left shoulder, causing a small superficial cut.“Dixon then pursued him, attempting but failing to strike him again with the knife.”Defence agent Laura Kiernan said her client has mental health issues.
He accepted responsibility for the attack and, fortunately, the injury sustained was minor.Dixon was on licence from prison at the time of the assault.Sheriff Martin Jones jailed him for 22 months,
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