A dad threatened to stab a man in the throat and lunged at him with a kitchen knife after claiming threats were made against his family.
Reece Watson took a bus journey to the man's County Durham home while armed with a 12-inch knife and began threatening to kill him in front of terrified neighbours. The 30-year-old also "lunged" at the man with the knife, and only missed stabbing him after the front door was slammed shut. Watson claimed to have carried out the offence because the victim had made violent threats against his partner and children, Durham Crown Court heard.
Watson, of Mount Pleasant, Stanley, appeared at the court on Thursday to be sentenced for making threats to kill and possession of a knife. He pleaded guilty on the basis that he believed the victim may have been in possession of a gun.
