Jail for Lanarkshire thug who stabbed neighbour after confrontation

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A thug who stabbed a neighbour in Larkhall has been jailed for 30 months.Kieran Gracie's victim suffered a wound to his arm that required stitches, Hamilton Sheriff Court heard.Gracie, 30, was found guilty of assaulting another male to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement in Robert Smillie Crescent on April 3 last year.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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I know what he is like. He is a bad person."But I would not have gone out if I'd known he had a knife."Sheriff Liam Murphy told Gracie: "Given