A jilted lover attacked his estranged wife, a frail grandmother, a child and two other people in a desperate bid to steal a pet dog.
George Scott carried out the violent rampage after storming into his former partner's home to get his hands on Casper the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
A court heard how ownership of the dog was "a bone of contention" between Scott and his wife. The 33-year-old was having only visitation rights to the couple's dog and decided he wanted to take the pet away to live with him.
Scott, from Dundee, admitted stealing the dog and assaulting five people in the process at an address in Wentworth Avenue, Dundee, on 9 January this year.
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