A man stabbed his brother in the head with a Samurai sword after his sibling threw paint over him during a row over painting their grandmother's kitchen.
Allan Brennan was jailed for 22 months for striking Stuart Brennan with the sword twice during the argument at their grandmother's home in Rutherglen.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Stuart, 18, had grabbed the tin of paint and thrown it over his brother.
Allan, 22, then grabbed the sword and swung it at his brother's head.
He told police after the incident: "My wee brother was annoying me. He flung paint on me so I skelped him over the head with a Samurai sword."
"I consider this a very serious matter and in my view a custodial sentence is the only proper disposal for such an offence"
At an earlier hearing, Brennan, whose address was given as HMP Barlinnie, admitted assaulting his brother to his severe injury by stabbing him with a sword at Ardgay Way, Rutherglen, on 21 May this year.
The court heard that the pair had been arguing over painting the kitchen in the afternoon. Stuart Brennan left the house and told his brother to do it.
He returned later that night with a friend after drinking all day and got into another argument with his brother, which led to the paint being thrown.
Brennan then grabbed the sword and attacked his brother.
Pot of paint
Stuart Brennan was taken to Glasgow's Victoria Infirmary, where he was treated for two large cuts to his head.
Defence lawyer John McLaughlin said: "Allan and Stuart Brennan were having an argument between the kitchen and the hallway. It escalates to the extent that Stuart Brennan throws an open pot of paint over the accused.
"The sword, which is the property of the complainer, is obtained by Mr Brennan from a recess in the hallway and he strikes the complainer twice on the head with it."
Mr McLaughlin also revealed that the two brothers had since made up and that Stuart Brennan regularly visited his brother in prison.
Passing sentence, Sheriff Charles McFarlane QC said: "I consider this a very serious matter and in my view a custodial sentence is the only proper disposal for such an offence."
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