rsherdley published Alcoholic boyfriend pointed steak knife at partner's throat

An alcoholic partner had whatever "drunken logic whirring through his mind" when he pointed a steak knife at his girlfriend's throat, a court heard.John Hughes, a groundworker for 25 years, pleaded guilty to possessing the blade and affray.He was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court today to nine months in prison, suspended for one year, and ordered to have treatment for his alcohol problem for nine months.Judge Michael Stokes said 50-year-old Hughes pleaded guilty on the basis he had..