A man has avoided being sent to prison 'by the skin of his teeth' after he knocked a friend unconscious and left him a pool of his own blood.
James Turner, 49, had been drinking with his parents and Mark Warburton, when Mr Warburton allegedly made 'personal' comments about his mum. Mr Warburton had initially come round to borrow a chisel from Turner, Bolton Crown Court heard.
Prosecution barrister Patrick Williamson said: "The defendant says that during the conversations between the group, that Mr Warburton made some remarks which were extremely personal, I believe of a sexual nature, towards the defendant's mother."
