A man carried out a vicious meat cleaver attack on his sister's "potential partner" after he went to meet her in the early hours.
Michael Korben became enraged when he found out his sister was going to meet a man who he believed had an "unsavoury reputation" in the area. The 20-year-old then confronted the man at the meet-up before swinging a meat cleaver at him and slashing his wrist, resulting in the man sustaining severed tendons.
Korben, of Dent Close, Haswell, County Durham, appeared at Durham Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced for possession of a blade and wounding with intent. He had pleaded guilty to the offences at a hearing earlier in the week.
