'I thought something terrible was about to happen' says pub doorman after drunk dad returned with knife

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A doorman has described the moment a drunk dad returned to his pub with a knife down his trousers and threatened to slash his throat.

Mark Lismore, who had been thrown out of the bar due to a row over paying for his drinks, returned with a bread knife down his trousers and warned his victim "that's how quick it would be to cut your throat" while chillingly running a finger across his neck, Liverpool Crown Court heard this week.

He then bizarrely began shaking hands with bystanders before making a "half-hearted" attempt to bury the weapon in a plant pot, although he now says he "doesn't remember" the drunken altercation, the ECHO reports .

Liverpool Crown Court heard that Steven Williamson works as a member of security staff at several pubs on Lord Street in Southport,