A welder was fined more than £2,300 today after breaking the jaw of a man who pulled a knife on him. Neil O'Brien, 24, had gone to meet the knifeman over "trouble" he had been causing a friend, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told.
The court heard that an argument had ensued over the phone between O'Brien and the man, Gavin Christie, over a suspicion that Mr Christie had been bombarding his ex-partner - O'Brien's friend - with calls from a withheld number.Prosecutor Cheryl Clark said: "Mr Christie told the accused he wasn't scared and he wouldn't back down."O'Brien suggested they should meet at the Carron Co-op "to discuss things further".O'Brien then turned up with a third man at the Co-Op and chatted with Mr Christie "for a few minutes".Falkirk
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