Brawlers in Dundee street scarpered after man wielded Pirates of the Caribbean-style cutlass

A man caught brandishing a cutlass after his brother got caught up in a brawl outside a pub has been put on a restriction of liberty order.

Graham Rule was seen with the blade in Fort Street, Broughty Ferry.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard a brawl involving Rule’s brother had broken out and Rule had gone to his van to retrieve the “fearsome” weapon.

He then held it to scare the “protagonists” in the fight – prompting them to scatter.

Rule, 35, of Balunie Drive, Dundee, pleaded guilty on indictment to possessing a bladed implement on April 1.

Sheriff Alastair Brown imposed an eight-month restriction of liberty order on Rule, confining him to his home address from 7pm–7am every day.

He described Rule’s decision to fetch the weapon as “thoroughly misguided”.

He added: “The Crown has described this as a machete, but it is as near a cutlass as I’ve ever seen.”