An oil pipeline engineer swung a baseball bat at his former partner's new lover after he turned up at her home.
Daniel Brennan was armed with the weapon when he went to his ex's home in Whitley Bay accompanied by two other men. A court heard that his former girlfriend's new partner drove to the scene to everything was OK when he spotted the 37-year-old swinging the bat in the street.
Prosecutors said that Brennan then ran towards the victim's vehicle, causing him to fear for his safety, drive off and contact the police. Brennan, of Burnbank Avenue, in Seaton Burn, was arrested and appeared in the dock at Newcastle Magistrates' Court to plead guilty to a public order offence.
