Man jailed for three years for repeatedly stabbing friend with knife in the head in Lanarkshire flat

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Anti-social behaviour officers on patrol raised the alarm after a man was slashed by his friend in Blantyre.Robert McKain was jailed for three years when he appeared from custody at Hamilton Sheriff Court.The 26-year-old admitted stabbing his friend repeatedly on the head at a flat in Elm Street on June 8 last year whilst on bail.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The accused went into the kitchen and returned to the living room with a knife."He slashed the victim repeatedly across the head."Two council anti-social behaviour officers were on patrol, checking domestic noise, and they heard shouting and swearing coming from the flat."They contacted the police and when officers arrived they found the victim sitting on a couch, his head covered in blood."The living room was in a state of disarray, with glass on the floor, cushions strewn around and the TV knocked over and damaged."The victim claimed he had been sleeping when someone burst in and slashed him."The fiscal said the victim refused to provide a formal statement, but CCTV linked McKain to the scene .The victim had four stitches put in a wound to his forehead.Lawyer John McGeechan said the defence