A "man of unblemished character" who strode into a village pub with an axe and jammed it into a table before terrified drinkers has been spared jail.
Christopher Tysall, 61, who believed his wife Shona to have been insulted, flew to defend her honour "like a man in a Hollywood movie", a court was told.
It was Christmas Eve and the inn, the Tavern 1851, in Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire was crowded and live music was in full swing.
