A dad should not have "taken the law into his own hands" when he used bleach "as a weapon" to spray a man who allegedly attacked him, a court heard. Julian Musgrove lashed out with the bleach after he got involved in a dispute between neighbours on February 17 last year.
Musgrove was punched by Matthew Bolton in Victoria Street, Mansfield, but prosecutors later accepted Mr Bolton and his partner, Kelly Bolto, acted in lawful self-defence, and subsequently offered no evidence against them, Nottingham Crown Court heard. But at the time, Musgrove, who was trying to get to his pregnant partner and children, retaliated - returning to his home address after the punch.
He picked up a bottle of bleach and sprayed Mr Bolton, causing minor injury. David Eager, prosecuting on Monday (January 16), said a weapon was used, referring to the bleach, but little or no physical injury was caused.
