A furious Scot challenged a relative to a graveyard duel and told him: "Only one of us will make it out alive." Randolph Angus demanded family member Kenneth Clarke turn up to fight to the death after a feud escalated during a funeral.
Angus, 60, told his rival to bring a weapon for the old-fashioned duel at the historic Greyfriars cemetery in Perth. He told Mr Clarke to get tooled up for the face-off during a menacing phone call, Perth Sheriff Court was told.
Angus, Cromlix Road, Perth, admitted causing fear or alarm by behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in the city on 9 March. Fiscal depute Sarah Wilkinson told the court: "There has been a long running family dispute between the accused and the complainer, Mr Clarke.