Coatbridge clubber who impersonated bouncer then stabbed man jailed for a year

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A Coatbridge clubber who impersonated a bouncer then stabbed a man who "grassed" him has been locked up for a year.Nathan Dawson had borrowed a steward's jacket, gone into a toilet and demanded to know if a fellow reveller was taking drugs.After the prank was reported the two men got into a fight and Dawson knifed the man multiple times.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The man took exception to this suggestion and said he wasn't."Dawson was then reported to the nightclub management."Later Dawson followed the man out of the club and asked: "Why the