A Fife man who attacked his friend with a samurai sword, cutting him to the bone following a row over a computer game is facing jail.
Christopher Smith took the sword owned by his girlfriend’s father out of their house in Kirkcaldy following a row with Mark Wood over an Xbox game.
They went into the street where a fight broke out before Smith attacked with the blade.
He repeatedly struck his victim with the sword, with one cut slicing through his arm and into the bone.
During the fight Smith pinned the man down and held the sword against his throat. But despite that, Smith’s victim turned up at court to support the man who injured him.
Depute fiscal Lindsey Armstrong told Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court: “The accused and the complainer are life-long friends. On October 3 last year they were consuming alcohol together.
“Around 7.45pm they were in an address in Caithness Place, Kirkcaldy, arguing over an Xbox game.
“The complainer asked the accused for a fight and left the property and was shouting for a fight.
“The accused then left and was in the possession of the samurai sword. He struck the complainer on the arm with it.
“They became involved in a fight on the ground and during the course of this the accused repeatedly struck the complainer on the body with the sword.
“At one point the accused had the sword pressed against the complainer’s throat while he was on the ground.”
The victim was raced to hospital where he received treatment for a series of wounds, including one that went as deep as his elbow joint and had to be screwed back together by medics.
Smith, 28, of Caithness Place, Kirkcaldy, pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge of assault.
Sheriff Jamie Gilchrist QC deferred sentence until next month for social work background reports and released Smith on bail.