A man attacked by his neighbour with a Samurai sword told a court: "I'm incredibly lucky I wasn't killed." Richard Adams-Burton was left with serious injuries by Simon Mitchell.

Mitchell had felt a sense of ‘mistrust and resentment’ towards Mr Adams-Burton, whose house in Rochdale backed onto his property.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard he believed that Mr Adams-Burton’s dog was ‘disturbing’ his ‘enjoyment’ of his garden, and that he ‘snapped’. Mitchell, 60, has been jailed for three years.

Prosecutor Katy Laverty said Mr Adams-Burton was called by his wife Gael on April 10, informing him Mitchell had been shouting and ‘calling her names’ over the garden fence. Mr Adams-Burton returned home and challenged him.

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