jailed for six years after attempting to murder his sister's boyfriend when a domestic abuse trial collapsed.Strongman powerlifter John Pollock, 45, caused life-threatening injuries to Michael Barbour following a "ferocious" street attack.
Barbour, who was accused of terrorising Pollock's sister Margaret, had had a string of domestic abuse charges dropped against him months earlier, the Daily Record reports.Pollock, also known as The Machine, competed in front of 8000 people in Sheffield last year in the Britain's Strongest Man final which was aired on Channel 5.
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