A drink-fuelled man who terrified his partner by grabbing a kitchen knife during a row has escaped a jail term.
Paul McVeigh, 32, of Manor Gardens, Shaw Cross, Dewsbury, pleaded guilty last month to assaulting Rebecca Huntington at High Close, Town Street, Earlsheaton, on January 22.
He also pleaded guilty to causing £100 of damage to a table top belonging to her.
Prosecutor Andy Wills told Kirklees Magistrates’ Court that when she became frightened about his drink-fuelled behaviour and threatened to call her father and brother. He grabbed a knife out of the kitchen drawer and threatened to hurt her dad and brother.
A spokeswoman for the Probation Service told the court: “He had been drinking lager all day because he had been to a football match and in regards to the knife he has limited recollection. There had also been some self-harm recently and he would be suitable for a drug rehabilitation requirement.
Kirklees Magistrates Court sentenced him to a community order for 12 months, a drug rehabilitation requirement for 12 months, a rehabilitation activity requirement for 25 days and 100 hours of unpaid work.
He was also ordered to pay his partner £100 compensation and the court £85 costs and an £85 victim surcharge. A restraining order was also imposed and would remain in place until further notice.
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