Peter Greene, 50, of Lawson Road in Colwyn Bay, was jailed for two years for causing wounds to his victim's head and hand
A man who said he was driven “around the bend” by the noise of slamming doors at a shared house launched a machete attack on a neighbour.
Peter Greene, 50, was jailed for two years for going to Darren Winstanley’s door and attacking him with the weapon.
The victim suffered two wounds to the head and a deep cut to the hand, which was said to be a defensive injury after he put his arm out to protect his neck.
Following a struggle, both men ended up falling downstairs at the house in Lawson Road in Colwyn Bay.
Mold Crown Court heard both men had been friends but earlier fell out.
Judge Niclas Parry said the consequences could have been fatal.
“All of this happened because you sought to resolve a dispute with the use of a weapon,” he said.
The judge said the case was aggravated by Greene’s poor record and a previous conviction involving the harassment of a former partner and threatening to slit her throat.
The court heard he had been out of trouble for 10 years.
A five-year restraining order was made under which the defendant is banned from going within 500 metres of Lawson Road and is not to approach the complainant and three other prosecution witnesses.
Prosecuting barrister Owen Edwards said the victim answered the door at his flat on August 6 and found the defendant, who appeared to be in a bad mood, acting oddly.
As he was closing the door, he realised Greene was armed with a machete.
“The defendant immediately swung the machete at Mr Winstanley,” said Mr Edwards.
The victim bundled the defendant out of the doorway and, as they grappled, the two of them fell to the bottom of the stairs.
The court heard Greene stopped in his tracks after the victim returned upstairs and shouted to him: “If you come up here, I will kill you.”
Mr Edwards said the victim did not seek immediate medical attention but got neighbours to help him stem the blood.
The following day, he went to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd but returned home after a four-hour wait.
The hand wound was stitched at Llandudno Hospital the day after.
The victim did not mention the wounds to his head and did not report the matter to the police until a second alleged incident between them, where both blamed each other.
Arrested and interviewed, Greene claimed the machete was being returned to him by the complainant but, in the process, was unsheathed and used against him.
Greene was due to go on trial today on a charge of wounding with intent but his guilty plea to a straight wounding charge was accepted by the prosecution.
Defending barrister William Staunton said his client was unable to cope in what he described as rat-infested and damp flats where there was the noise of doors slamming.
He made a “split second and extremely wrong” decision to use the machete.
The defendant did not accept the full prosecution case against him but had acted unlawfully and caused the injuries, although he had suggested some injuries could have occurred during the fall down the stairs, he said.
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