A semi-professional footballer met his love rival for a "fight" and stabbed him with what he says was a carpet gripper rod.
Dale Manson, 28, met up with the man, who is the father of his partner's children, after he was said to have become upset that they were calling him "Daddy Dale." The man offered Manson a fight, the court heard, and they met at Azalea Avenue in Seacroft.
Prosecutor Satpal Roth-Sharma told Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday Manson, of Magnolia Road in Seacroft, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm at trial, but acquitted of wounding in relation to the incident. He told how he had picked up a carpet gritter rod on the way to the scene after allegedly spotting the man with two others.
